Family Guy Addendum

Before I move on to a new topic, I thought I'd add one bit of new information to the whole Family Guy controversy of which I was not aware during my original post.  The character with Down syndrome who uttered the Palin-related remark was voiced by an actress named Andrea Fay Friedman.  I'd not taken the voice itself into consideration since most of the voices on the show are done by the same core cast or regular guest stars, and while I generally do watch the credits to see if anyone new and/or interesting pops up, this particular piece of info eluded me until it was featured in an article on The Insider.

Why, if you've not already clicked the link to the article, is this important?  Ms. Friedman has Down syndrome.  If I'd thought anything about the voice beforehand, I'd probably thought fleetingly that Alex Borstein did the voice, much like she did with Marlee Matlin in I Dream of Jesus.  But no, it was an actress (and an accomplished actress at that - she's a motivational speaker, too) with Down syndrome portraying a character with Down syndrome, and she thought it was funny.  Go fig.