“Anyone can become a doctor in Ecuador!”: the controversial line in one of the chapters of ‘Family Guy’

Since the broadcast of the adult animated series Family manin 1999 that became clear subtlety and political correctness would not be his hallmarks, if not the opposite. The fiction created by Seth McFarlane and focused on the adult audience He has dealt with all the controversial and controversial issues on the planet. Above all, he criticizes American society and politics with his dark and absurd humour.

The cartoon follows the dysfunctional griffin familycomposed of the husband and wife Peter and Lois, their children Meg, Chris and Stewie; and his anthropomorphic dog Brian. In one of the most recent chapters, the satire of family man (the original title in English) splattered Ecuador. This happened in Episode 19 of Season 21, the most current.

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In the plot, Quagmire, the hypersexual neighbor of the griffinhe introduces Lois and Peter I accompanied them to a double date with his new girlfriend, Stephanie. The woman in question turns out to be one abusive to Lois at schoolwho called him nicknames and played pranks on him. Today, Quagmire’s partner continues to annoy Lois.this time because, despite being bad in puberty, she hasn’t aged like her, she looks better, and because she has a brilliant career in medicine, which including experience with Doctors Without Borders in Central America.

“She Feels Sorry For Me”, Lois tells Peter after dinner is over, alluding to the fact that her former high school classmate, despite her remarkable achievements, has not been a mother, like her. Her husband, who has not been characterized as a smart man in the cartoon’s 20+ years, doesn’t understand the reference and asks: “Sorry about your beautiful skin or your great work?”.

It’s at that moment when Lois mentions Ecuador, a country that is clearly not in Central America and that, in theory, would have nothing to do with what happened in that chapter.but it was because of the production of family man he is unfazed by the absurdities they themselves propose. At Peter’s question Lois sniffs and replies sarcastically that “anyone can be a doctor in Ecuador.”. Moreover, he asks the father of his children, “Do you think they check diplomas there?”

The series is currently airing on Latin America through the transmission platform Star+. However, the service is only available until season 20, not 21, the most recent. The latest episode can only be seen on USA. However, the chapters have been leaked on social networks in various formats. The user @RawanKids, in YouTube, is one of those who posted the curious chapter in English. Of the 57 comments on the publication, only one Ecuadorian appeared who apparently took the matter very jokingly. “I am from Ecuador and it offends me a lot! (sic) because they weren’t talking about a Julio Jaramillo song 😂😂”.

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On Twitter, on the other hand, the scene caused mixed reactions. “I’m 90% convinced they only released the name of a country,” said user @fazetas. The tweeter @verito2502 wrote: “It’s true, there is no satire…a good portion of them graduate at the expense of anything but study…not to mention the academic offerings are plentiful.. . now every university offers careers in the field of health”. Something similar was said by @tiagok_f: “Actually, the cartoon said that anyone could pretend to be a doctor, and I will tell you… There are many cases, cosmiaters who do surgeries, the ‘experts’ in natural and alternative medicine, the pharmacist who gives consultations and prescriptions, etc.

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Others were more critical of the cartoon, accusing the government of allegedly satirizing the Ecuadorian public health system. “What if the private party comes along to invite series writers to get to know us better? With coordination from the Ministry and the Vice Presidency, visits to universities, colleges, in addition to our food: dry (with potatoes, of course), bolón, ceviches, locros, etc., @3sbien opined.

“Don’t confuse a collapsed health system, promoted by Cuban doctors (using outdated methods), full of corruption by administrative staff, with having bad professionals. Well, many of the country’s trained doctors who have left have more than passed,” was another comment, from user @fbrizzio.