Don't forget that bit where she wants to "take it to the next level" with whats-his-name and ends up putting him into some kind of UFC hold and made him pass out for a second.

"We ALL caramba, Donna Maria"

I like Dong, and I really hope, and highly suspect, he will have a larger role next season. I do not like the fake british guy, but i don't think I'm supposed to.

have you finished the series, yet? that work is so completely coming.

the implication i got was 'if you hung out around people outside of that group that i assume you hang out with, maybe you'd understand the issue"

I didn't mean to be condescending. if you will look, i specifically edited it to stop sounding so condescending, and I am absolutely pulling the autism card on this because talking to people isn't my strongest suit.

in this sense, race qualifies as a topical issue

Tina Fey USES stereotypes as satire, though. Further, that is quite literally the dictionary definition of satire

to be seriously crystal clear, i am not trying to wag a finger and say shame on you with the other comment on this. I understand where you are coming from, but can you understand why it's a little less-than-okay to come from that place?

I don't think that at all matters, and I don't mean to come down on you, but you shouldn't make assumptions about someone because they feel differently about stereotyping in a tv show than you do. He's allowed to surround himself with whomever he likes and feel whatever way he likes about whatever bit of programming…

I would say that, my guess anyway, is it qualifies as satire because it falls into american perceptions of asian immigrants (i.e. good at math, names that sound strange to us, broken english, an air of 'strange mysticism' around them (the music that plays every time dong is on screen) but that's just the way I'm…

I wrote about this yesterday; Speaking as a native american, raised on tribal land as well (half blood, but still) i loved the native american story. it was one of my favorite parts of the entire show, and definitely comes to a full-circle, affirming place of pride at the end. I get why people think it was misguided,…

That's the way I see it as well. The stereotyping thing has kind of been Tina Fey's brand of humor from the get-go

The 'offensiveness' of Kimmy Schmidt is a hot topic amongst me and mine right now. What do you guys think? My opinion is that Tina Fey has found a way to walk the fence between Offensive and Satire. Everything is there for a reason, and it goes back as far as Mean Girls. A lot of times, it's lampooning either our own…

After everything about the native american storyline in episode 3, i was positive you were going to reserve an entire paragraph for Dong Nguyen. No mention at all though?

but, and this bit has some mild spoilers, even with jane krakowski playing this role, their attention to detail is real. I've never seen a comedy actually use the Lakota language, or talk about the Medicine Wheel or other native traditions the way they did. All alongside jokes like "native american sears". It just…

with this one, calling out anything is missing a whole big chunk of 'the point'

i've done the binge 3 times on this already. There's so much

(And again with the SPOILER ALERT) The entire thing with her native american heritage came full circle in the end too. I thought her backstory was more of a mirror version of Kimmy's. Kimmy had no option in disappearing, and she truly doesnt have any real family to go back to. Jackie Lynn does, and runs away in such a…

yeah and then the whole 'flaccid' thing. definitely the best one they've had.