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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
I was looking forward to this episode because a big fan of the writer, Heather Anne Campbell, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The best episodes make us examine our humanity, and our relationships with food and death being intertwined is brilliant.
Variety has a nice write-up about the episode.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/dan...ew-1235779646/ |
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Originally Posted by Cole436
It was very intentional, you should read the interview with the showrunners and writers.
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I guess this is where R&M and other shows like South Park are losing me a bit. These shows have evolved over the years from clever parody to heavy satire (although South Park basically started as juvenile and vulgar for the sake of it). The episodes I have the most problem with are the ones where I have to dig too deep to be entertained, where it's all about "getting what they're getting at" instead of being pure entertainment. Give me Pickle Rick, Vat of Acid, or Rickshank Redemption any day over some deep take wrapped in a Captain Planet parody.
Now, I was probably just repulsed by the entire concept of eating spaghetti straight from a corpse and couldn't get past that from the start. I get that's the point, but it wasn't funny or entertaining to me. Of course I'll never resent someone for filling their joy quota over something I personally disliked, but it's just not my bag.