Hit sci-fi sitcom “Rick and Morty” has sparked outrage over a tone-deaf joke about the 9/11 terror attacks in a recent episode of the Adult Swim comedy.
The controversial gag occurs in “Promortyus,” the seventh episode of Season 4, which aired Sunday, and depicts the titular characters battling alien adversaries.
Upon approaching two enemy buildings that resemble New York City’s Twin Towers, Rick and Morty fly around the towers and attack a harbor instead. “Honestly, I’m proud of us for not …” Rick says. “Totally, would have been cheap,” Morty retorts, to which Rick adds, “Low hanging fruit.
We’re better than that.” While flying above the harbor, though, the duo decide to re-create the Pearl Harbor bombings and joke about it later at the
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