The Truthful Humor of “Rick and Morty”
Many people in today’s American culture take a rather pessimistic view of the world. With prospects for retirement at a low, and a life of uncertainty ahead of them, humor with a nihilist spin is one way to confront these heavy issues in a light-hearted way. Cartoon Network’s comedic Adult Swim program “Rick and Morty” harnesses the uncomfortable dark feelings of a society, and uses humor in a typical cartoon fashion to provoke the minds of viewers as well as entertain them.
“Rick and Morty” takes on satiric tones and a nihilistic theme with its dialogue and depressing yet fantastic humorous events. The series largely focuses on the adventures of Rick, a genius old scientist with the likeness of Doc Brown from Back to the Future who lives with his daughter and her family, conducting madman-science from their garage. Rick is an insane, intergalactic traveler-scientist with a profound respect for the unknowns of the universe, as well as a disrespect for the human standards of what matters. His grandson Morty, with the likeness of Marty McFly, is an uncool, naive, high school age boy who somehow gets pulled into all of his grandfather’s shenanigans. Morty often serves as a reminder of mortality for Rick, and is his attachment to their lives as humans. Rick often imposes his …show more content…
Suffice to say, the show could appeal to multiple audiences between the intellectual crowd, the connoisseurs of comedy, animation geeks, and general populace. Perhaps the show could stand as an important standard for similarly oriented programs, but who really knows or cares? Rick would just want people to enjoy the
Many people in today’s American culture take a rather pessimistic view of the world. With prospects for retirement at a low, and a life of uncertainty ahead of them, humor with a nihilist spin is one way to confront these heavy issues in a light-hearted way. Cartoon Network’s comedic Adult Swim program “Rick and Morty” harnesses the uncomfortable dark feelings of a society, and uses humor in a typical cartoon fashion to provoke the minds of viewers as well as entertain them.
“Rick and Morty” takes on satiric tones and a nihilistic theme with its dialogue and depressing yet fantastic humorous events. The series largely focuses on the adventures of Rick, a genius old scientist with the likeness of Doc Brown from Back to the Future who lives with his daughter and her family, conducting madman-science from their garage. Rick is an insane, intergalactic traveler-scientist with a profound respect for the unknowns of the universe, as well as a disrespect for the human standards of what matters. His grandson Morty, with the likeness of Marty McFly, is an uncool, naive, high school age boy who somehow gets pulled into all of his grandfather’s shenanigans. Morty often serves as a reminder of mortality for Rick, and is his attachment to their lives as humans. Rick often imposes his …show more content…
Suffice to say, the show could appeal to multiple audiences between the intellectual crowd, the connoisseurs of comedy, animation geeks, and general populace. Perhaps the show could stand as an important standard for similarly oriented programs, but who really knows or cares? Rick would just want people to enjoy the