Review: Rick And Morty, "Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie"
Once upon a time, there was a television show called South Park. There still is a television show called South Park, but for the purposes of this bit, let’s just focus on the past. Back in the halcyon days of the late ‘90s, South Park was wildly popular for its transgressive humor, its willingness to take on “any” target, and, occasionally, its storytelling. It was a show that mocked you for caring about it, but still somehow managed to earn its audience’s investment.
Which is what made its second season premiere (on April Fool’s Day, no less) all the meaner. “Not Without My Anus” came after a South Park rarity, a cliffhanger that promised to reveal the identity of Cartman’s father. This somehow mattered to us at the time (the late ‘90s were weird), which made it all the more bizarre when the show decided to open with a half hour episode that had nothing to do with anything, a full thirty minutes devoted to what had been, up until that point, just a running gag: an in…
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