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The Misadventures of Issa Rae

Part of the sly genius of the show is that viewers are let in on J’s interior monologue — the show leans heavily on voice-over — and much of the humor comes from the tension between her self-image and the impression she makes on others, who generally struggle to reconcile all of the seemingly incongruent aspects of her identity.

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