ok so just going off memory, wasn't there a post on the asmb like, within the last year and a half, by someone asking if it was true that mde got a show on adult swim?
i could archive.org this probably, but i assume at least someone else here knows what i'm talking about
timeline being from probably late 2014-mid 2015. i am 99% sure this was before trump announced he was running for president, or at least very close to that time.
as someone who hasn't seen any of their other stuff, is it fair to say that the show was already being discussed/developed before they were known as alt-right? i've been told that they've generally always leaned right, however.
but i mean, i recognize mde as a legitimate comedy collective. odd future were given a show, so i mean, i don't think it's totally out of the ordinary for them to have considered giving them a show. i will say that them censoring the text in the show was a good move. the last words of the series suggest that trump isn't a racist, which is both incorrect and shows them to actually be right wing/supporters of his. but yes, if they knew what they would be getting into, i don't think it should have been considered at all.
again, i'm unsure of when the post was. but if they greenlit the show after being fully aware that they were alt-right, yes that's a huge misstep.
also, according to reddit, the show had a bigger budget than your pretty face, with comparable ratings to season 2. so maybe even if there wasn't the alt-right thing attached to it, it would have been cancelled anyway.
i love brett gelman, and i hate to see him just leave like that. i can only hope that isn't permanent :-\