Post-CLOY and still in denial to resume my assignments completion, I saw this series on Netflix. I remembered seeing the trailer from Netflix's What's Next on Twitter, and remember thinking it looks cool.
The series is created by Mindy Kaling, which honestly I only know her from the movie No Strings Attached.
Mindy in No Strings Attached
From my view as an avid Twitter user, I am aware that recently a well representation of minorities is being demanded by the Americans, especially by the minorities themselves. I think the series was created to fill that.
The main character, Devi is a second-generation American whose parents are from India. Devi also has two best friends, whose one is an Asian while the other one is an African American. The trio is called the UN by their school friends, which started by Jewish boy Ben who is a long-time nemesis of Devi. As a normal teenager, Devi also feels the need to prove to people the existence of her social life, which she plans to pursue by having sex with Paxton Hall-Yoshida, a hot half-Japanese school swimmer.
While the main plot is about Devi's effort of improving her love (and ultimately her social) life, the plot also ponders, if not much, about how and what it means to be of Indian ancestry in America, and also about being an obedient daughter to an Asian parent while maintaining friendships. A normal plot about teenager facing identity crisis or having romantic vs isolation dilemma, perhaps, but it's a light series, with 10 20-minutes episodes with witty dialogues.
I like the variety of the casts. And I love each and every character. The drama also touch the trope/theme of arranged marriage, of coming out of closets, the culture of having a therapist (which I don't think still that popular, or maybe affordable, in Malaysia right now), of being children to laissez-faire, and on the other hand, authoritarian parents.
Also the soundtrack is bop. Not me adding the songs into my playlist.
Over all I love it. As always, I am always amazed by how the teenagers are able to properly express and describe what they are feeling, and delving into the subtleties of emotions. Not like I want to be a therapist or anything, but I believe not everyone is able to do it
Also have I said Paxton Hall-Yoshida looks A LOTTTTTT like Henry Golding???????
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