Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a detailed look at how Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty sees the world and his struggle to understand the world’s distaste for highly intelligent people like himself. Yet, at the same time, he sees himself as superior to those around…
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How the Animated Series ‘Rick and Morty’ Is a More Extreme Version of the 1985 Film ‘Back to the Future’
With the fourth season of Rick and Morty underway Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take quite deftly compare the animated series with the classic 1985 film Back to the Future. They meticulously note how the stories align themselves in a number of uncanny ways, particularly in regard to…
How ‘Rick and Morty’ Constantly Oscillates Between Modernist Sentimentality and Postmodern Cynicism
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism take a deep dive into the zeitgeist of Rick and Morty, specifically citing how the characters of the series constantly oscillate between the sincere sentimentality of modernism and the cynical nihilism of post-modernism. This specific fluctuation has all the components of meta-modernism as…
