I think you guys are taking this episode as way more of a "think piece" than it is. In making Season 1 they encountered something they thought was funny and used it as a premise. That doesn't mean they are making a definitive statement.

I kinda was though. Also @both Hench and you, criticizing this show as being broad and caricatured is something they've done with literally everybody but Jenna's parents.

AVClub: Kimmy Schmidt is more than unbreakable! A,A-,B+,A…
Episode about people being hyper politically correct uptight on the internet:
AVClub: C+

1. In what world would this character/joke make sense as her being actually native american? It's not like the wrote a native american character and then decided to make her be played by Jane. Jane was the character the whole time

The thing about Parks and Rec was that I feel like the joke was never "The whole town is stupid" but "when you are in a public office the stupid people come out of the woodwork to bother you". It wasn't just that the people in this were gullible and oblivious but that they were all gullible in the same way. This show…

And things become less funny if they aren't grounded in anything.

I have this problem with this show a lot and it cropped up on later seasons of 30 Rock. IMO you need to ground your humor in some kind of reality. Too much of this humor is "Character A says something ridiculous that highlights a joke about Character A, Character B stares back blankly to highlight the absurdity of the…

It's not really ironic racism though because it's not racist. No part of the joke is at the expense of the Native American actors. And it's not like it's taking a job from a Native American because that isn't the character she is playing.

I think you are going too deep into meta-analysis if you think it's self-congratulatory. I mean the whole Tina Fey humor kinda gets to be self-congratulatory from a comedy standpoint, but from a "isn't this brave?" standpoint I don't think they think it's brave. It really isn't brave, it's just one of many many…

It's ironic how in an effort to "not culturally appropriate" politically correct folks will tell other races/cultures what they should and shouldn't be offended by.

I think the delivery. With a more understated but devastated line reading it might have seemed semi-plausible.

I think the delivery. With a more understated but devastated line reading it might have seemed semi-plausible.

It's gone viral! (1200 views). Not sure that's going to make much difference there, Gwen.

It's gone viral! (1200 views). Not sure that's going to make much difference there, Gwen.

From the future's future: I mostly agree. But watching all the episodes back to back makes it all a much more endurable show. And for some reason, I don't hate the show. I know the comments tell me I'm supposed to, and they make good points, but I find it oddly compelling, and for no good reason I feel like it's a…

It was such a masterful show

I forgot that the character he was into also avenged his father. Damn that is on the nose.

Did you read my post? I wasn't yelling. I was talking how the writers were effectively shouting a specific point. Anyway, I don't care if you agree or not, I feel pretty confident in my interpretation.

I'm not saying he's a "good guy", but we care about when he makes the wrong choice because we know deep down he has it in him to be good. I think the hospital thing is just the writers way of shouting at the audience "THIS IS WHO CHUCK IS, THIS IS WHY HE IS WORSE AT HIS CORE."

He's playing video games, like normal children should.