“Unbreakable! They’re alive, dammit! Its a miracle! Females are strong as hell!” This catchy song is the theme song for the new Netflix show, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Schmidt, played by Ellie Kemper, recognized from “The Office” and “Bridesmaids”, is a 30 year old women kidnapped in 8th grade, becomes known as an “Indiana Mole Women”. When she is found years later, her reaction is pure joy. Rather than being upset about everything she has missed, Schmidt is ecstatic to be back in the real world. She begins her new life in New York City, and finds a roommate, Titus Andromedan, played by Titus Burgess, from the TV show “30 Rock”. Kimmy also gets hired for a job by an Upper East Side trophy wife, Jacqueline, played by Jane Krakowski. Her life in New York City is an adventure and the highlight of each episode.

One of the producers of this show is Tina Fey, producer of “30 Rock” and comedian from “Saturday Night Live.” Fey had first tried to get the show to air on NBC as a comedy, but NBC was not positive about its success, and it ended up on Netflix.

NBC’s Robert Greenblatt told The New York Times, “Nothing would have made us happier than to have Tina’s next show after 30 Rock, but I also would rather see it go to Netflix than put her in a position to not succeed due to our limitations at the moment.”

Lots of people say that the show is almost perfect for Netflix. The way the show is laid out, the narrative is better in binge watch form, and the show is quirky and controversial. So far, there are only 13 episodes, but season 2 is currently being produced, and will be released March 2016.

Many different controversies have been brought up with this show. Critics are saying there are too many stereotypical jokes. An article for CNN states, “The majority of the humor is Kimmy’s misunderstanding of the real world, but the contrasting jokes are about the Asian character, Dong, the gay African-American roommate, the Native American who whitewashed herself, and the hispanic maid that doesn’t know English”.

Slate magazine says “critics are not wrong, but are just missing the point.”

“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.

Recently, celebrity dermatologist Dr. Fredric Brandt was found dead in his home, confirmed that he committed suicide by hanging himself.  This has been largely talked about in relation to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. There is a minor character on the show who plays a plastic surgeon, played by Martin Short, who is a regular doctor to Jacqueline Voorhees, and tries to do a surgery on Kimmy. The doctors name is Dr. Sidney Grant but is pronounced Dr. Franff because that is the only way he can pronounce it after all of the botox and plastic surgery.

“The show was not the reason for his depression, and it was not the reason he would take his own life,” Brandt’s publicist Jacquie Trachtenberg told Page Six.

Brandt was struggling with depression before this episode came out, and played a role in society with being insecure about beauty and perfection.

Even with the different controversies, overall, this show is perfect for summer viewing. You can easily watch all 13 episodes in a weekend. All of the controversies from critics are the opposite of what their purpose is. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is supposed to be a show people can relate to with current issues, and that they can laugh about it. Tina Feys message is to take on life lightly, don’t take things too seriously.