It is sad. Pornography, as defined as going for the lowest common denominator type and not just sexually, always sells. There will always be a vast audience for pushing the envelope in vulgarity and crudity on tv or film. The same reason sex is used so pervasively in advertising. The same reason Willie Horton robbed banks. Seth MacFarlane has much in common with Larry Flynt. Hugh Hefner's work has ten times the class as MacFarlane's.
Seth MacFarlane, whose $100 million contract with Fox makes him the highest paid TV writer in history, is now trying to take over the cineplex, with the same old shtick. You could pluck his oeuvre out of the summer movie-preview articles without any difficulty. His was the one where the teddy bear comes to life and becomes a profane slacker who practically lives inside a bong and hires hookers in groups.
The movie's title is "Ted." It won its opening weekend with a $54 million gross at the box office. Clearly, MacFarlane's fans cannot consume enough of his pop-culture sewage.
"Ted" is...
Further, I'd like to see a show of hands of how many of your Christian ilk think Playboy is classy. I think you might be in a small minority on that one.