He comes complete with a snide British accent (based on Rex Harrison in
My Fair Lady) and a drive for world domination, and regularly steals every scene on TV's hysterical
Family Guy, and baby Stewie has big news for you: he's gay.
In a recent
Playboy interview,
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane confirms that Stewie is gay, and that his aggression comes from "confusion and uncertainty about his orientation". Hey, the cartoon kid is just one year old --- he gets some time to figure this stuff out.
Stewie began as an evil child-genius bent on world domination, and since celebrating his first birthday several years ago in an episode called "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" he has through the magic of television remained one-year old. And this feisty one-year-old has become involved in loan sharking, carjacking, robbery, forgery, and killing off assorted minor characters.
This guy is far from warm and fuzzy. Does your one-year-old say things like: "
Ha ha ha! Oh gosh that's funny! That's really funny! Do you write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh! You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
TV, especially network TV, is filled with upper middle class straight white folks. So much as it is great, and needed, to have another gay character on network television, is this the right one? He's evil. He's bitchy. He's sexually confused. He's one year old. He's a cartoon. Still, I think this is a good thing --- not only is Stewie hysterically funny, the bottom line is that increased visibility leads to increased comfort leads to increased acceptance leads to increased celebration.
Every person, celebrity or not, cartoon or not, who comes out furthers the movement for equality. Hear that, Bandersoon Booper? To quote Stewie:
"Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch."
6 comments:
I love Family Guy and Stewie is my favorite character!!
Hey if you want to see something that further the movement for equality.... check this out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8421956.stm
This would NEVER have happened ten years ago, so it a major step forward in the UK!
Coming out at one is pretty brave. Bravo!
I have a love-hate relationship with family guy... I hate that I relate so much to Brian...
Wow Annie that is really cool - of course don't know who the hell he is, because it's rugby and we don't know diddly about that over here, but what a great story. thanks!!!
It is even better, because UK rugby is the last bastion of out and out macho-ness.
I quote the "total bitch" line all the time when I'm leaving places...LOVE iT!!!
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