I am already on record as detesting virtually all of what Fox broadcasts nationally, with the sole exception of live sports, but this morning an ad for an upcoming Fall show reached a bottomless new low. Mind you, this aired during the local morning show (which I do watch) and at a time when plenty of children might also be watching.
The ad showed Zorn (a cartoon character) grilling a live (cartoon) octopus on a BBQ, flipping it over and making a remark that it needed to cook further. The octopus was clearly still alive and screaming in pain and both Zorn and the human in the image thought that was hilarious.
I realize that criticizing Fox for their programming probably isn't worth the effort as they have trolled the bottom of the broadcast venues for many years now but this is exceptionally disturbing. Not only is the ad very not funny but borders on the very edge of animal abuse presentation (and yes, I realize the octopus is a cartoon character and other cartoon characters are also abused in the name of humor BUT this is not a cartoon battle between Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny and clearly shows an animal being cooked to death).
Our kids, strike that, nobody needs to see this kind of sadistic "humor". I sincerely hope that Fox will reconsider airing this trash but if not, that PETA will sue them to take it off the air. There is no excuse in this day and age where many people are trying to end centuries of animal abuse to have this crap broadcast into our homes and into the heads of our children.
The ad showed Zorn (a cartoon character) grilling a live (cartoon) octopus on a BBQ, flipping it over and making a remark that it needed to cook further. The octopus was clearly still alive and screaming in pain and both Zorn and the human in the image thought that was hilarious.
I realize that criticizing Fox for their programming probably isn't worth the effort as they have trolled the bottom of the broadcast venues for many years now but this is exceptionally disturbing. Not only is the ad very not funny but borders on the very edge of animal abuse presentation (and yes, I realize the octopus is a cartoon character and other cartoon characters are also abused in the name of humor BUT this is not a cartoon battle between Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny and clearly shows an animal being cooked to death).
Our kids, strike that, nobody needs to see this kind of sadistic "humor". I sincerely hope that Fox will reconsider airing this trash but if not, that PETA will sue them to take it off the air. There is no excuse in this day and age where many people are trying to end centuries of animal abuse to have this crap broadcast into our homes and into the heads of our children.
