The Unbreakable Kimmy

Recently, I have started watching a new show called the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The show was created by one of my favorite people in the entire world, Tina Fey. The show is exclusively on Netflix. The show is about Kimmy, an Indiana “mole woman.” The mole women were kidnapped by Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne. The Reverend lead three girls to believe that the world was ending and that they had to take shelter in his underground bunker. The girls are rescued fifteen years later and are shell shocked when they get back in the real world.

            

Kimmy missed out on her teen years and has not had formal schooling since eighth grade. One problem that comes up to Kimmy a lot is her lack of media knowledge. After Kimmy leaves Indiana, she moves to New York City. The first thing she did in NYC was go to the store to buy light up Scetchers. Pretty much every adult knows that light up shoes are out of fashion especially for adults because they are not advertised/marketed towards adults.

           

The show highlights how ever-changing media is. Many of Kimmy’s problems are from her not understanding pop culture references.

Sometimes we don’t realize how fast media and pop culture change around us. Pretty much all you have to do to notice is go backpacking even for only like three days to see. When I was younger, the first thing I always wanted to find out when I came back from a backpacking trip was what the new hit song was. I needed to know this to stay “cool” and updated on the world around me. The cool song changes so often that it’s hard to keep up.

          

I don’t blame Kimmy for being so oblivious to the media after missing fifteen years of her life. After just missing just a few days in the media, I feel outdated and slightly confused.