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Dan Harmon leaves Twitter after controversial sketch resurfaces

posted 7 years ago by Satan2016 (26201)
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If Adult Swim dumps Harmon, there would be a huge boycott.

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dan-harmon-daryl-twitter/

The series, which Harmon jokes in the intro was supposed to be for Showtime, came out in 2009 and lived on Channel 101, along with several of Harmon’s other shorts (including one from 2008 with Rick and Morty‘s Justin Roiland). He warns up front that this is his “controversial new pilot” and that is likely because Harmon’s character sexually assaults a baby doll twice in the clip. In the second episode, Daryl allegedly assaults a cat.

Channel 101 was created by Harmon and writing partner Rob Schrab as a monthly film festival where pilots are chosen by the audience, and the other content on the platform featured comedians like Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, and Bob Odenkirk. The platform also hosted the first incarnation of Rick and Morty, which involved the “Rick” character asking the “Morty” character to lick his balls.

[–] AP (5295) 7 years ago

That's the thing. Up until a year or two ago, people didn't care about edgy humor. Even people who found that sort of humor offensive, would just not watch that show/movie/comedian/etc. Now, you can get fired for that shit. It's weird the entertainment industry let it go this far considering most comedy writers have made these sort of jokes in the past. They had to know this stuff would catch up to them.

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 7 years ago

It's sad when Disney bends to a known troll who was intentionally stirring the pot. Funny thing about us Americans though,we tend to swing back very quickly from cultural trends, and the swing is usually big. In a few years, offensive comedy will be huge again when people realize that sanitized humor sucks.

[–] AP (5295) 7 years ago

True. We can’t just be moderate about anything.

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 7 years ago

That's the truth. Unfortunately we have a "your with me or against me" attitude. I'm more of a "if what you do doesn't hurt me or anyone else that doesn't want it, go nuts" kind of person.

[–] Satan2016 (26201) 7 years ago

Apologized and gets to continue Rick and Morty. Deletes his Twitter, like everyone should. Revenge by far right.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/dan-harmon-daryl-offensive-video-apology

Harmon has been vocal about this subset of the Internet in the last few years, condemning misogynist trolls who have specifically doxxed the female writers of Rick and Morty. “I’ve made no bones about the fact that I loathe these people,” he said last year.

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 7 years ago

0% chance of adult swim canning not just the most popular show they have,but the biggest comedy on television for young adults period, that is full of offensive and hillarious stuff anyway.