‘Rick and Morty’ is one of the funniest shows on TV. Its divorce plot makes it one of the best,too.
Rick and Morty has always been darkly funny, with a humanist core buried beneath its crass veneer and sci-fi concepts — don’t be fooled by Rick’s constant belching, or swearing and reality-hopping. But the divorce storyline feels particularly resonant,given the fact that co-creator Dan Harmon is currently going through a divorce of his own. The fictionalized split has been handled with the type of nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression) that’s often reserved for TV’s best dramas. It’s certainly twisted and messy — that’s par for the course with Rick and Morty — but the characters’ problems are treated seriously, even when the circumstances are totally absurd. Read more (Opinion)
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