History YMMV / CommunityS6E04QueerStudiesAndAdvancedWaxing

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Dan Harmon was previously criticized for the portrayal of the queer community in the season three episode Advanced Gay, where all of the on-screen queer characters were portrayed as CampGay stereotypes. Harmon admitted that his critics had a point and promised to be more aware of how the show portrayed the community in fitire episodes, and here the queer community is given a more nuanced and respectful portrayal.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Both Jeff and the Dean point out that politics is a dirty business run by people who only care about winning elections.

* ValuesResonance: With "performative wokeness" being practiced more and more by huge corporations who ultimately don't care at all about the rights of minority groups (and that's not even counting how many corporations either directly or indirectly profit off of the marginalization of those same groups), the Dean's plotline regarding him pretending to be gay when he's actually pansexual to help provide profit for Greendale has only become more relevant and timely since the episode first aired.

* AccidentalAesop: Chang being made into a genuinely great actor through the director's horrible abuse of him seems to be implying that acting as a {{Jerkass}} PrimaDonnaDirector and subjecting your actors to emotional, verbal, and even ''physical'' abuse is perfectly fine as long as it gets a good performance out of them.

* TheScrappy: Matt Lundergard, the director of ''The Karate Kid'' play adaptation, is an utterly loathsome HateSink who constantly mocks, belittles, and insults Chang. He also instantly fires Annie as soon as she tries to stand up for her friend. It's made very clear that even if he did all of that for the purpose of getting good performances from his actors (which admittedly worked), his abuse still clearly crossed a line.

* TheScrappy: The director of ''The Karate Kid'' play adaptation is an utterly loathsome HateSink who constantly mocks, belittles, and insults Chang. He also instantly fires Annie as soon as she tries to stand up for her friend. It's made very clear that even if he did all of that for the purpose of getting good performances from his actors (which admittedly worked), his abuse still clearly crossed a line.

* JerkassWoobie: While the Dean is indirectly responsible for [[spoiler:the deaths of two baby birds]], he eventually has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and confesses his guilt to the "Save Greendale" Committee later on. Additionally, he spends most of the episode at least somewhat in the closet and a major SlaveToPR -- which is clearly killing him inside -- but he does it since he's been convinced that it's the best for the school

* CatharsisFactor: Abed and Elroy not letting the Dean off the hook for indirectly killing two of the three birds. They each give him a DeathGlare, and Abed calls him a "bird-killer".

* TheWoobie: This is one of the few episodes where you can feel really sorry for Chang as he is humiliated while sincerly wanting to fit. By his acting, you can also feel that the subject matter of Asian actors being race-profiled in the industry is important to Ken Jeong.

* TheWoobie: This is one of the few episodes where you can feel really sorry for Chang as he is humiliated while sincerly wanting to fit. By his acting, you can also feel that the subject matter of Asian actors being race-profiled in the industry is important to Ken Jeong.

* TearJerker: The scene where Abed discovers that one of the baby birds [[spoiler: has died]].

* TearJerker: The scene where Abed discovers that one of the baby birds [[Spoilers: has died]].

* TearJerker: The scene where Abed discovers that one of the baby birds [[spoilers: has died]].