"the fact that so many don't get it shows just how smart it is" — uh, no. Sometimes not understanding something means we don't get it, sometimes it's because there is nothing to get. Ultimately the onus is on the show to get itself across to an audience.

I think you've put your finger on what I've grown to hate about Murphy's shows: the awful things he has people say under cover of "satire", racist sexist ableist body-shaming hateful invective, delivered at length and with such style that we're both supposed to be shocked at someone saying that, breaking the taboo,…