A good show, but maybe not as focused on its satire as much as I would've wanted. It does kind of rub me the wrong way that its non-white character are the more clumsily written (see Lani, one of the first characters that we are introduced, that only serves as set up; Kai, the hotel's employee, whose background is explained in one scene, shoehorned in at the beginning of an episode, and Paula, who most people learn to hate despite the clear intention of the writer, as one can learn in the 'behind the episode' segments). Maybe that can be explained with Mike White not trying to speak for characters, he may think, he couldn't possibly do justice, or as a statement, a really lazy one, on the objectification (as a means to an end) of POC by white people.

I guess it can be read that Mike White couldn't really get away with it in anyway, but I do think it was a good job after all. I just think the overall tone comes more of a slice-of-life white people series, than a satire. And then, I kind of understand how people can ultimately see Paula and even Belinda in a rather bad tone.