Not only does it make her happy, it pleasantly highlights that-along with a flurry of tech baubles and consumer fads-the world has moved forward, and that’s OK. Static Cling allows Rachel Bighead (Murray) to come out as trans in an intentional and delightful scene. And it’s found in an unexpected yet lovely place. Lest they be taken for old-fashioned curmudgeons, slackers-turned-conservatives, or simply retro fetishists, Murray and team (Dan Becker, Cosmo Segurson, and Tom Smith are credited with additional writing) find positive change and make it stick. Moving on from the ‘90s hasn’t all been overwhelming technology and scary surveillance. It’s warm and nostalgic, but only in the sense that its aesthetic maintains a dedication to strangeness. Its color-packed, neo-Fleischer Brothers animation (with surreal, askew Chuck Jones backgrounds and images that are just funny enough not to be disturbing, like Rocko’s visible optic nerves when his eyes flying out of his head) and expansive vocabulary balance its fart gags and butt jokes. Much of what made the show a fan-favorite is still here. It’s hard to be counter-cultural and rebellious when the very existence of a revived special means that some version of success awakened the corporate overlords. It’s a bit of a middle finger to its viewers, but a loving one. “An old cartoon isn’t going to solve the kinds of problems you have,” Rocko’s neighbor, Mr. With a meta plotline about the cancellation and subsequent rebooting of a beloved cartoon, Static Cling isn’t afraid to be self-effacing about the revival process-or poke a little fun at the fanatical cult audience that got it a second run at Netflix in the first place. These cartoonish Rips Van Winkle didn’t miss the American Revolution, but they certainly missed enough.
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The companions, who would feel right at home in either Office Space or a zoo, have been canonically lost in space for two decades since the series finale and finally figure out a way back to Earth.
Lawrence) returning to play Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt. Original creator Joe Murray is back on writing and directing duties, alongside all the voice actors (Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, and Mr. So now, with the 45-minute special Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling coming to Netflix, how does the original spirit of the show persist? Like any good revival, it makes a point of being familiar but different. Comedy Central’s South Park started skewering headlines a year after Rocko went off the air and hasn’t stopped yet. Netflix’s BoJack Horseman is one of the most elevated shows about depression, loss, and trauma. Now, animation has come out the other side. Ripped from the daily lives of its writers and unlike any other cartoon airing on TV. A progenitor of SpongeBob SquarePants, with much of the cast and creative team moving on from one show to the next, the satire was Nickelodeon’s in-house answer to its more troublesome The Ren & Stimpy Show.
It’s been 23 years since Rocko’s Modern Life went off the air.
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