River City Girls leans heavily into its beat-em-up trope.
Kyoko: You ever wonder why everyone in our town is so violent? Misako: Nope. Kyoko: I mean, everyone’s always punching and kicking each other. Like, everywhere we go, all day long. Misako: I guess so. What’s your point? Kyoko: Nothing.
Is it possible to responsibly treat a genre trope as a surreal norm?
Family in the Office and Parks and Recreation
The main issue is how the situation effects the audience.