article_snippet: (CNN)Tina Fey's follow-up to "30 Rock" is getting a lot of attention, not all of it good.
article_snippet: Tina Fey's new Netflix series, "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," is being criticized online for dealing in offensive humor and stereotypes.
article_snippet: The show, which had been picked up by NBC but ultimately dropped, stars Ellie Kemper ("Bridesmaids," "The Office") as an upbeat woman stuck in the 1990s after being kidnapped by a doomsday cult leader: not exactly fodder for humor, on its surface.
article_snippet: Since its debut, Buzzfeed has declared that the show has a "major race problem," and others criticized its treatment of an Asian character named Dong.
article_snippet: Tina Fey's high-wire act is all about the alchemy of making it OK to laugh at big, heavy issues -- like kidnapped women, the experience of undocumented Vietnamese immigrants, and people with Native American ancestry passing as white -- by skimming over them with a light touch," Arthur Chu wrote on Slate.
article_snippet: The Daily Dot's Jacqueline Keeler said that watching the show made The Daily Dot's Jacqueline Keeler uncomfortable but at the same time praised Tina Fey's's "genius" writing.
article_snippet: the show is certainly not afraid to go right up to the edge with jokes about race, age, class, gender and sexuality.
highlights_snippet: "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" has staunch critics and defenders .
  
highlights_snippet: Some accuse "Schmidt" of dealing in offensive jokes and stereotypes .
  