The funny thing I haven't seen people really talk about is that Rick and Morty is, for better or for worse, 100% a modernization of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Everything people don't like about it is what they wouldn't like about Douglas Adams if he were new
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Sure, but it was pretty much always presented in a way that wasn’t then framed with “lol”. It may have been incidentally funny, but his darkness felt tragic, not just a punchline (even if it *was* a punchline). Like I said: not mean.
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I'm going to respectfully suggest that Arthur has a point when he says that we've rounded up a lot of the humour to "not mean" in memory. Like, this is a *throwaway gag* from Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I'd call it mean and it's definitely framed as a "LOL".pic.twitter.com/UrmbHciEkc
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The whale that comes into existence in the air only to die a few seconds later when it hits the ground is pretty damn dark.
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