The Rolling Stone Article is really interesting. Less about the show and more that we don’t know who she is because she constantly contradicts herself:
‘This moment stands out not only because it’s awkward — Kaling is just trying to joke around and, let’s be honest, everyone knows her as “Meghan Markle” — but because it demonstrates how Meghan can’t get out of her own way. Not only is she constantly renaming her brands — American Riviera Orchard was recently transformed into As Ever due to a trademark dispute — she’s also rapidly rebranding herself as she shifts from actor to activist to royal and, now, she hopes, lifestyle guru. It’s not uncommon for celebrities to reinvent themselves, but her identity can be difficult to ascertain when, as the Duchess of Sussex, she’s staging her own royal tours of Colombia while “Meghan Sussex” is selling us a polished and pristine home fantasy on a TV show. And with each pivot she takes, it feels like we’re the ones being scolded if we’re not meeting her exactly where she’s at.
And at the heart of these contradictions is the constant tension over whether or not Meghan really wants to be royalty. In the Netflix docuseries Meghan & Harry, she mocked the pageantry of curtsying to the late Queen Elizabeth II, but she seemingly has no problem with people bowing to her, as they sometimes do when she meets the public. In the credits for her cooking show, she uses her royal title — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex — which is how she describes herself on Instagram, too. But in the show’s title, she’s just “Meghan.” Renaming herself “Meghan Sussex” feels like a way to bring these different versions together’