Don't Be Tooken in by 'Kimmy Schmidt's' Cult

Authors

Megan Goodwin PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-3-2015

Publication Title

Religion Dispatches: The Cubit

Abstract

For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race, class, and sexual violence—Tina Fey’s new Netflix comedy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, falls prey to a classic American media blunder: it portrays new religious movements as deceptive and dangerous, full of brainwashed women in need of saving.

Recommended Citation

Goodwin, M. (2015, April) Tooken: Women, Brainwashing, and the Gospel of ‘Kimmy Schmidt. Religion Dispatches – The Cubit, ed. Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson. Retrieved from http://religiondispatches.org/dont-be-tooken-in-by-kimmy-schmidts-cult/