Master Of None: 10 Reasons It's The Most Underrated Netflix Original Series

7. The Way It Addresses Racial Issues

Master Of None
Netflix

The creators don't try to pretend that various races don't act in a stereotypical way. Instead, they embrace stereotypes and build upon them, sometimes explain their genesis, otherwise turn them up to the point of ridiculousness. White people talk like white people, Indians like Indians, etc.

For example the episode Indians on TV presents how Indians and other ethnic groups are expected to act in order to be acceptable. In a sense they can't get work unless they act in a stereotypical way. The show inverts this notion in the New York, I Love You episode. It shows how people of various races and ethnic groups try to adjust to the life in the city while keeping their identity as well.

By presenting two sides of the story the show addresses how complicated race actually is. In a sense background doesn't matter, yet simultaneously it's an element of one's personality and one can't be fully embraced without recognizing her/his roots.

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