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Almost since its premiere in December 2013, Rick and Morty holds the unofficial title of cult animation. Starting from a more or less known premise, the family sitcom where, in this case, grandfather and grandson face all kinds of adventures, this science fiction series has pulverized all the limits of the genre. Starting with the protagonist couple: Rick Sanchez, an alcoholic scientist with few regrets who tends to wreak havoc with all the galaxies and alternative dimensions he walks through, and Morty Smith, a kind-hearted teenager, distressed by the selfish behavior of his admired grandfather.

"I think the core of the series is family and that's probably what people connect with the most," James Siciliano , Rick and Morty's screenwriter and producer , tells THE WORLD . " Rick is a very nihilistic character , he says that he doesn't care about anything, but at the same time he returns home to live with his family. We tell crazy, gross, and awkward stories, but they are always grounded in emotional connections. Under all science fiction and monsters, there is always a human element underneath. ”

Throughout these four seasons, the last episode of which is broadcast today by TNT and HBO (10:50 p.m.), laughter has always been accompanied by profound reflections on the insignificance of the human being , the horrible consequences of the best-intentioned actions or the impossibility of understanding the terrifying, chaotic and absurd universe. All well watered of traumatic experiences: self-burials, alien sexual assaults, addictions and suicide attempts.

“Depending on the episode, we talk a lot about the philosophical ideas that the series can convey. We have very deep and very silly conversations, but when we write stories we try to understand the characters behind them. It is also true that many times fans put their own interpretation of the series, "concedes Siciliano, whose previous experience in South Park must have made him accustomed to pressure from the public. Often what they have put to the test in dystopian episodes like that of Abrodolph Lincoler, a humanoid half Adolf Hitler, half Abraham Lincoln .

“One of the benefits of animation is that literally anything is possible. So we try to take what we tell or show as far as possible and do something we have not done before. That is the biggest challenge. So we are very aware of past episodes and we always try to make something new in new ones that viewers have not seen before, "says Siciliano.

The challenge is to always take 'Rick and Morty' as far as possible

James Siciliano (writer and producer)

In the last chapters, the art of narrating itself, the tricks of the writers or the many possibilities of rewriting, reconstructing or deconstructing the cliches of the genre have become a common theme of Rick and Morty . Their taunts go in all directions, including the series itself. The scarce female representation, a common criticism of animation, has also crept into fiction. “I think we really try to serve the female characters in the series, but there can always be more stories. Obviously Rick and Morty are the protagonists, but we try to involve the whole family in the series, "concedes Siciliano.

In 2018 Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network adult strip where the series airs in the United States, renewed Rick and Morty for a whopping 70 episodes. Although he did not specify when they will be released or the seasons in which they would be divided, if they continue at the current rate, at the rate of 10 episodes per delivery, the channel's confidence reaches up to 10 seasons. At the moment, the fifth season is already in production and according to Siciliano, "now we are starting to write the sixth season."

How do they do that? "Each episode is different and arises in a different way, but basically we start by launching ideas for the series or the characters , we talk a lot about movies and how to take certain elements that we like about them and, if there is a story to tell, we start to work on it. If it works, we go to the rundown phase and, finally, the script phase. That we then rewrote 100 times », says Siciliano about the incredible perfectionism of fiction.

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