In a wild, wide-ranging interview earlier this summer at San Diego Comic-Con — beginning with the eternal struggle over how to hold a microphone — the cast and creators of “Rick and Morty” of course landed on the subject every fan of the Adult Swim animated series wants to talk about: Pickle Rick. It was “thumb-on-the-scale cheating,” he said, adding that visual artists are into Pickle Rick, “and I think it’s because — ”“It’s shaped like a” male body part, interjected co-creator Justin Roiland. “Well, it’s phallic, but it’s also emblematic of self-torture and stuff,” continued Harmon. They dug deeply into their creative process and a turning point in their modus operandi. And, by the way, Roiland emerged the clear winner in the epic mike-holding conflict.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 11, 2019 04:03 UTC