Fox's new animated series, Krapopolis, debuted to mixed reviews from the entertainment industry. According to many in the diaspora, the series takes place in a mythical Ancient Greece, which is derogatory to the ancient civilization.
The show is set in mythical ancient Greece and centres on a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.
AHEPA, the largest Greek-American fraternity organisation, took particular exception to the series.
Its president, Savas Tsivicos, wrote a letter to Jean Guerin, Fox Entertainment Executive Vice President, requesting the network halt production of Krapopolis, saying that it is “demeaning to the contributions gifted to Western Civilization by the ancient Greeks.”
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— Order of AHEPA (@OrderOfAHEPA) October 2, 2023
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Tsivicos requested a meeting with the series' producers “to discuss why we believe this satirical depiction of our Ancient Hellenic roots is offensive.”
“This show attacks our 5000-year history and demeans what it means to be a good citizen. It may seem humorous to some, but it is certainly not the values, history, legacy which ancient Greece should be accredited with,” the president of AHEPA wrote in the letter to Fox.
How Krapopolis depicts Ancient Greeks
Krapopolis rests on the foundation of a family sitcom that spins off into adventures our heroes narrowly survive and barely learn from. It has a quailing youth as its semi-relatable centre: the ironically named Tyrannis, voiced with bratty nasality by British comedian Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd).
Although Tyrannis dreams of uniting Krapopolis with neighbouring cities to form an empire, he doesn’t really have the brains or brutality to pull it off. For that, he must rely on his motley family of gods and monsters—who couldn’t care less about civilization.
Tyrannis is constantly competing with his half-siblings. Stupendous (Pam Murphy) is a dim-witted, musclebound cyclops who lives to fight and kill.
Half-mermaid Hippocampus (Duncan Trussell) rolls about in a wheeled baby chair with a glass globe on his head. A scientific genius and socially awkward megalomaniac, Hippocampus is the brains of the family.
“I didn’t become a scientist to make normal people smarter,” he says, scoffing at Tyrannis’ request that he create a written language. “I did it to make them terrified of my god-like power!”
Krapopolis was created by Dan Harmon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. In October 2022, ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.
In March 2023, it was renewed for a third season ahead of the first season premiere. The series premiered on September 24, 2023, on the Animation Domination programming block.
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