#RICK AND MORTY SWIFTY DUBSTEP TV#

This is Rick and Morty trolling you with its worst, daring you to still love it. Where is the symbolism and subtlety? Rick and Morty’s strongest stories are always ridiculous and often offensive, but they tell stories in innovative, smart ways. There are just stupid people worshipping false idols, which themselves are equally as stupid talking heads - and then Rick inexplicably drops snakes out of his pants. There are no great jokes or cool gadgets. On both accounts, there are no layers of intelligent nuance or subversive context to provoke more compelling thought. Criticizing organized religion by portraying average people as hopelessly ignorant feels like yet another cheap, lazy shot at social commentary here, with the other in this episode being a generic satire of reality TV. Adult SwimĪt every new beat in the A-Plot, the ignorant masses in the B-Plot incorrectly attribute their worship or lack thereof to what’s behind cosmic events. The 'Thief' is a cameo from the show's co-creator, Justin Roiland. Sure, the “Get Schwifty” song made it onto Billboard’s Top 100 after the episode aired, but so did Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” So is that chart really an effective gauge of “good” music? Season 2’s team of writers probably loved putting the tune on display, but we shouldn’t because it’s totally absurd and crass AF. Eventually, they constructed a music-focused episode just so they could include the song on the show. Anecdotally, the show’s creative team latched onto “Get Schwifty” (the song) as a funny in-joke. Justin Roiland - who voices both title characters on the show - had recorded a few short song demos for an interactive Rick and Morty video game. In a May 30 interview with GQ, Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon reiterated a story about how the “Get Schwifty” song came long before the episode. This weird plot was forcibly written so the creative team could put the song on display. If you think nature and structure of this episode just feels like a shrine built to worship “Get Schwifty” the song, then you are correct. But Doctor Who did it way better in 2005 with “Bad Wolf.” Making fun of reality TV, in general, feels a bit tired here in 2018.

#RICK AND MORTY SWIFTY DUBSTEP TV#

On some level “Get Schwifty” successfully pulls off a bland satire on reality TV culture. Rick is their only hope, and Earth’s savior comes up with this banger: Morty and Rick sing the titular song off-the-cuff after the Cromulon’s cause an earthquake at the Grammy Awards, resulting in the death of every major musician.

They enjoy “Get Schwifty” the song, which is indisputably terrible.

The monotone voice of the Cromulons acts as a deliberate piece of dramatic irony because, despite their obsession with it, these aliens have terrible taste in music. Only one planet will become “Planet Music!” The action of “Get Schwifty” kicks off when giant heads arrive on Earth, causing all sorts of natural disasters, demanding in a monotone voice: “Show me what you got.” Earth is then forced into a reality television show in which these moon-sized heads - an alien race called the Cromulons - force entire planets to compete in a musical competition. Are explanations the same as excuses? We’re about to find out. Yet, when you learn exactly how the episode came to be, there’s at least some kind of an explanation for exactly how this bad episode came about. The episode opts for sheer absurdity at every plot point rather than doing anything clever or interesting. The creators behind Game of Thrones might’ve dubbed Rick and Morty “the best writing of 2017”, but back in 2015, the writing behind an episode called “Get Schwifty” was some of the worst. Most science fiction shows have their mediocre filler episodes, but when it happens to Rick and Morty, it feels like a disaster.

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