Dan Harmon, the co-author of Rick and Morty, one of the most successful comedy shows on cable ... which was recently picked up for an addition 70 half-hours) ... was caught out by some of the Thought Police who inhabit the internet:
Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and Adult Swim on Monday night issued statements about the disturbing video that surfaced over the weekend. It featured a skit from a 2009 Harmon pilot called Daryl, a spoof of Showtime’s serial killer drama Dexter, in which he simulates raping a baby doll. ...
The network stopped short of reprimanding Harmon, noting that he “recognized his mistake at the time and has apologized.” I hear Harmon is continuing on the show. ...
This is good news for animation artists in Los Angeles, where pre-production of Rick and Morty is done, and where the shows provide a lot of work for union-repped employees.
Note:A few years ago, the Animation Guild organized R & M and the drive to provide pension and health benefits, not to mention wage minimums, hit a few bumps before a contract was ultimately signed. But Mr. Harmon and his partner Justin Roiland have been exemplary guild employers since, so I'm glad that this weird spasm of Political Correctness -- designed to take down Dan Harmon -- has not disrupted wildly successful pillar of Cartoon Network's programming.
Happily, Cartoon Network declined to shoot itself in the foot over this.
Vox covers the politics of this particular internet "Gotchya!" here.
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