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TMC
03-14-2015, 07:55 PM
http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/tituss-burgess-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.html

"That's ridiculous," he says of accusations of racism. "If anything, it turns our head and makes us poke fun at our own self. Just like South Park does such a brilliant job of making fun of everybody and no one's the victim, that's exactly what this show does." PLUS: Dong is a major misstep (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/03/race_in_unbreakable_kimmy_schmidt_how_critics_are_missing_the_point.html?wpsrc=fol_tw) in a post-Fresh Off the Boat world, Kimmy turns tropes into people (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/03/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-and-the-rise-of-empathy-comedy/387676/), Tina Fey's music supervisor husband Jeff Richmond explains the music of Kimmy (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/12/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-composer-jeff-richmond-sitcoms-music), how that catchy theme song (http://www.wired.com/2015/03/kimmy-schmidt-theme-song) was made, Kimmy has a groundbreaking way of using color (http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8189119/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-review-color), why Kimmy dating an Asian guy (http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/03/11/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-diversity) is such a big deal, 30 Rock vs. Kimmy Schmidt (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/03/10/unbreakable_kimmy_schmidt_vs_30_rock_the_shows_characters_are_more_similar.html), and looking back on Tina Fey's history with race (http://flavorwire.com/509289/why-tina-feys-racial-humor-is-so-controversial).