“It’s long overdue to get this representation,” lead actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan told BuzzFeed News. (Spoilers ahead!)
When Maitreyi Ramakrishnan landed a role on Mindy Kaling’s popular new Netflix seriesshe was thrilled to be a leading South Asian character on a major TV series “rather than a sidekick is uniquely special,” especially for her first role in Hollywood.
“For our country, particularly in the current political climate, it's important for us to see diversity in our entertainment and different types of people being celebrated and show those stories,” Fisher told BuzzFeed News. “It’s incredibly important right now to have a show that’s very inclusive.”According to Fisher, she and Kaling wanted to tell a story for young people that felt inclusive so that “anyone watching would see someone like themselves on screen.
“Growing up, I don't think Mindy saw herself in any teen shows and she wanted to make sure that that would be different for this generation,” Fisher said.is providing important representation on TV and addresses a number of significant topics, Lang said the creators also wanted the show to simply be a “celebration of how awkward and funny teenagedom is for kids.”where everything is highly cool and kids are really mature and into crazy drugs and stuff,” Lang said.
“Growing up, that’s not something we personally had. We didn't see someone who represented us and we didn’t see anyone we resonated with,” Rodriguez told BuzzFeed News. “So it’s such a good feeling to be that for younger kids and maybe they could possibly see themselves in any of the characters.”
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