UKS- 1st Post

In the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, written and produced by my favorite comedy duo Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, there are a number of small almost hidden jokes inside the more overarching bits and situations.  A personal favorite of mine occurs in the pilot episode about 10 minutes in.  Kimmy, the main character who has just recently moved to New York City after having been held captive in an underground bunker gets a nannying job for a very affluent and eccentric family on the Upper West Side.  Jacqueline Voorhees, the eccentric mother is showing Kimmy, her new employee, around her house and going over the details of the job.  When they get to the kitchen the camera shows a refrigerator filled with expensive artisan Fiji waters and Mrs. Voorhees offers one to Kimmy.  After Kimmy politely declines the water Mrs.Voorhees just throws the water into the trashcan instead of bothering to put it back into the refrigerator.  This is not only funny because of how they portray a stereotypical Upper West Side mother's behavior,  but also funny because of the polar differences between the two women, socioeconomically and otherwise.  Kimmy has been living in a bunker for the past 15 years with next to no worldly possessions and she watches a woman throw away a $3 bottle of water for no reason.  It's significant because it highlights how there is a growing wealth gap in our country and both sides of the spectrum, although exaggerated here, are living two increasingly different lives.  It's making fun of the fact that some wealthy people will quite literally throw their money away.


http://www.netflix.com/watch/80028212?trackId=0