This episode is hard to watch. Abuse isn't funny, it's violent, hurtful, everywhere, and absurd.
That's the take I got from this episode, that abuse, no matter how small or large, no matter how obvious or subtle, no matter how physical or mental - can be something outsiders see and something the abused might rationalize, and yet still remains a fact of life. A shitty fact, a violent fact, a disgusting fact, but a real one.
People hated this episode, and that's fine. But it's still well within FG's standards: absurd yet based in reality. Reality isn't always funny, the absurd isn't always positive.
That's the take I got from this episode, that abuse, no matter how small or large, no matter how obvious or subtle, no matter how physical or mental - can be something outsiders see and something the abused might rationalize, and yet still remains a fact of life. A shitty fact, a violent fact, a disgusting fact, but a real one.
People hated this episode, and that's fine. But it's still well within FG's standards: absurd yet based in reality. Reality isn't always funny, the absurd isn't always positive.