Kenya Barriss new Netflix show, #blackAF, is like black-ish reloaded.

The satirical eight-episode series premieres Friday and is loosely based on Barriss life as a dad. But #blackAF stars the writer-producer as an exaggerated version of himself who is married to Rashida Jones, and together they are raising a highly dysfunctional, superrich family.

The story is told from the perspective of their daughter Drea, portrayed by Iman Benson, whos shooting a documentary for her application to New York Universitys film school. She captures her parents referring to their kids as thots and assholes on occasion, rolling on molly at a music festival and often arguing over whos the best parent.

Its a hilarious hot mess with plenty of cringe-worthy moments.

But its not all crass language and choices worthy of calling child protective services over. Each episode and episode title dedicates time to explaining why everything that happens today in America is related to slavery, a theme that mostly works but can feel like a heavy-handed explanation at times. The show also features delightful cameos from Black celebrities playing extended family and friends, including Nia Long, Mike Epps and Kim Whitley.

Episode 5, which features guest spots from Tyler Perry, Issa Rae, Ava DuVernay, Will Packer, Lena Waithe and Tim Story, is a standout. It addresses the often touchy topic of the proper way to critique Black creators in Hollywood, especially given that so few of them have influence and opportunity.

The only way were gonna keep ourselves in the conversation is to really police each other, Barriss character says at the end of the episode. Because were, right now, in this thing where white people arent going to be honest with us. Theyre either gonna celebrate us publicly because thats whats hip right now or secretly behind closed doors wait for our demise, so we have to sort of tell each other the truth.

When the trailer premiered in early April, this episode felt even more relevant as social media users criticized Barris for making, what they believe, is a redundant version of black-ish. They said Barris showed colorism in casting the entire family, who, with the exception of Benson, are all light-skinned actors, an accusation the producer has faced before with his other shows.

Barris spoke to HuffPost about criticizing Black art, making a Black satire and whether or not well finally see the NFL episode of black-ish.