Yeah, I think it was handled pretty weirdly all around, which is a pity. I enjoy it a lot too! It’s so…relaxing? Like, okay, I genuinely find it funny and sweet and quick paced enough to actually like it as a TV show, but there’s also the part where you don’t have to brace for shitty, mean things that most media still takes for granted? It’s super direct and earnest, sure, but it’s just so nice to see characters actively speak against bigotry instead of reinforcing it and to not have the narrative treat them as hysterical overreacting killjoys (TINA FEY).
They make mistakes, the casting was pretty major, but for the most part, they clearly try and that is worth so much.