Hollywood Comedy Queen Explains Why She’s ‘Opting Out’ of Our ‘Culture of Demanding Apologies’

21 Dec, 2015 by McGuire

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I love the show ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ on Netflix. In fact, I binge watched the entire first season while visiting a friend recently,and it wasn’t even the first time. The entire show is the epitome of satirical, and if you need that explained to you, the Internet and life is probably not for you:

An episode of her Netlix show “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” revealed that character Jacqueline Voorhees is Native American but had rejected her heritage. Voorhees is played by Jane Krakowski, who’s white.

Fey said in an interview with Net-a-Porter magazine that the Internet “was in a whirlwind, calling it ‘racist.’”

Jane Krakowski as a Native American is so… Not okay.

— Bassey (@Basseyworld) December 5, 2015

@Ebswearspink and then there was the casting of a white blonde woman to be native American? Like…I love Jane Krakowski but mannnnn

— imperator gone rogue (@blackadlerqueen) April 22, 2015

I know young white people love Jane Krakowski, but I'm still not over that ridiculously racist Native American story.

— king. (@kquartermaines) September 20, 2015

Therefore Fey said her “new goal is not to explain jokes.”

“I feel like we put so much effort into writing and crafting everything, they need to speak for themselves,” she added regarded her brand of humor. “There’s a real culture of demanding apologies, and I’m opting out of that.”

I LOVE this attitude. Opting out of PC drama is just up my alley. By the way, you might want to not get so butthurt if you want to use the Internet or the world on a daily basis.

Written by Katie McGuire. Send your hate mail to the author at [email protected], or feel free to mean tweet me at @GOPKatie, where I will be sure to do very little about it.