Maybe We Were Wrong About Mindy Kaling

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Two great shows from Mindy Kaling suggest her true gift just snuck up on us.

By 2020, my devotion to Kaling’s work, which I previously would have described as extreme, was waning—that is, until that summer, when Netflix released, a completely charming series she co-created centered on an Indian American teenager who is balancing her hormonal urges with the grief of a family tragedy and a full load of AP classes. Main character Devi is described in voice-over as a “hothead,” and the show enlists a kindred spirit, the actual tennis champion John McEnroe, to narrate.

was what I’d been waiting for—a work that finally reflected what Kaling was capable of, without the inconsistencies or false notes of her earlier post-Maybe instead of high priestess of the rom-com, she’s turning out to be a bard of young adulthood.. It, too, is great: It’s empowering and full of life lessons, but it’s also actually funny and good at depicting both young female friendship and the difficulty of adjusting to college life.

 

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