Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's fourth season tries to stay upbeat in an increasingly bleak world

The Atlantic

"The tone is still aggressively upbeat; Kimmy is smiling again," says Sophia Gilbert. "But Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt knows what time it is. There are a handful of awkward Trump jokes and typical gentrification gags before the show eases into gear, skewering the reality of the workplace for women while satirizing the pop-culture fantasy of the workplace for women. Kimmy, discovering how to stream television shows, binge-watches a series called Gals on the Town about 40-something women juggling love, work, and friendship, and becomes convinced she’s supposed to spend her Sundays brunching and getting her nails done. She also finds herself facing a sexual-harassment complaint, after her attempts to fire a male developer in a gentle 'Kimmy' kind of way backfire disastrously."

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