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master of none is really good. like... really good.

first off, thank god it's a netflix show which means i was able to watch it among netflix australia's very limited collection of shows.

but i think that the reason i loved master of none was because it was so devastatingly real. it wasn't like a shitty sitcom with dumb, eccentric plots that you know doesn't happen outside of a screen. it was like a literal snapshot into the life of a 30 year old in this day and age.

at least, i assume it is. i mean, i'm 17 so i'm probably not part of the intended target audience, but this show really made me fantasise about what my life's going to be like in thirteen or so years. i've never been in a relationship. i'm still brainwashed by disney's fairytale lifestyle. but master of none made me think about what real love is like and maybe what it'll be like for me. it's not always great, i get that. and i'm not going to lie, that's scary as shit for me. but dev and rachel taught me to enjoy the little things and i'm excited to do that.

a big part of why i enjoyed the series, though, was its honest insight into culture and racism. you don't see a lot about south asian issues in hollywood. as dev frankly put it, "no one cares". the episode, 'indians on tv' nailed the industry's fear of having too many south asian people in a film or show because they think it'll be labelled as an indian thing or whatever and narrow down the prospective audience. and 'too many' for them means, like, two people. and that's something that i've always hated about western media - never seeing anyone like me. i come from a sri lankan background but i don't watch sri lankan films. i barely understand the language! i've only been to the country twice. culturally, i relate more with hollywood than bollywood. so it's finally great to see my brown people represent.

also, his parents' acting skills were adorable and i really respect his decision to cast them on the show - it elevated the realness of the show to even greater heights.

i loved master of none's witty dialogue, diverse cast and honest outlook on the real world. amidst the heavy metaphors about the hardships of life, there'd be a seemingly stupid joke that was really a classy critique about our generation hidden underneath smart (and sometimes dark) humour.

but that ending though. omg, yessssss. treat yo self.

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