Treatment of Circumcision on TV
Circumcision ... appears frequently in television sitcoms.... [I]t is reasonably safe to say that whenever circumcision is discussed ... the defining motif is uneasiness.
- Leonard Glick, |
Sitcoms
It happens remarkably often. You'd think a circumcision episode was obligatory.
The stories convey some interesting underlying themes/myths:
Foreskin restoration is a recent element. It is always presented as surgery. (When non-surgical restoration enters sitcoms the comedy will doubtless be based on the public and noisy loss of huge weights, shaming the restoring man and convincing him that restoration is foolish.)
Game and Talk Shows
Game shows generally refer only to Jewish circumcision.
Talk shows promote circumcision through ignorance and misinformation.
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