Kim's Convenience

[Aqua Letifer]

Fairly mindless sitcom, but it's better than it should be. 20-minute episodes, easy-going, very bingeable.

1. They make fun of everyone: whites, blacks, asians, first-generation immigrants, second-generation immigrants, straights, gays, transsexuals, transvestites, etc., etc., etc. And how they choose to get away with it is pretty genius. (They use a lot of the same tricks that Ali G and Borat were based on, but in a very different and more believable way.)
2. It's interesting to me that we've come far enough along in our society where we can all understand the plights and foibles of a multi-generational Korean immigrant family. I can see this idea completely rejected even 10 years ago; the major fear would be that mainstream audiences wouldn't get it.
3. They do a very good job with their diversity of character writing.
4. Actually has a narrative. Which, cool.

[Jolly]

Thanks for the rec!

[brenda]

Excellent summary, Aqua. We've been enjoying this show for quite a while. I think we've seen all that are available at this time.

The only show that makes me laugh harder is Stil Game. Just finished the final season of that series. Sad to see it go.