Meghan Markle’s forthcoming cooking show, “With Love, Meghan,” hasn’t even debuted yet and it’s already being sliced and diced online. Scheduled to premiere Jan. 15 on Netflix, the series promises a glossy blend of culinary escapades, celebrity cameos and sunlit glimpses of The Duchess of Sussex’s life in Montecito — but the reaction to its trailer has been swift and cutting, a barrage of disdain that feels both predictable and overdetermined, as if the mere existence of the show is some kind of affront.

Meghan Markle has become the kind of figure many people love to hate. Or, perhaps more accurately, hate to love. Whatever she does seems to provoke a disproportionate response, caught in a cultural ouroboros of royal drama, racial politics and celebrity gossip.

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The trailer for “With Love, Meghan” — a montage of postcard-perfect California landscapes, Markle’s warm narration and staged scenes of domesticity — has drawn criticism for being insipid, overly curated and tone deaf in the midst of global economic hardships. (For what it’s worth, multiple interior design publications have also already run special reports on why Markle’s all-white set kitchen — located in a mansion about two miles from the Royal couple’s private residence — is not boring).

To be sure, it’s not as if the format itself is groundbreaking. Celebrity cooking shows have........

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