In a good absurdist comedy all the characters are typically awful people. Examples: Alice in Wonderland, Hitchhikers Guide. There are no admirable people. But it’s funny because they’re all usually powerless as well in the face of the arbitrariness of the universe.
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I heard you say that on Scorpio Season but Lisa on the Simpsons is good and reasonable. When is she not good? (I have watched vastly fewer episodes than you no doubt but still)
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Alice or Lisa? Alice is basically a female Eric Cartman if you read closely lite. Lisa Simpson is never not nice that I can recall. She fails sometimes but always learns and grows from it.
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And the Simpsons is not absurdist comedy. It’s feel good schmaltz.
Rick and Morty is absurdist.

