Never Have I Ever (Netflix)

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me if it would be appropriate for a 7th grade Indian girl whose really excited to watch this?! I noticed there’s lots of wanting-to-get-laid references on the trailer?

I recommend kims convenience. They’re Korean, not Indian, but the cast is very diverse. I’m white and found the diversity refreshing and the show isn’t about their race. It’s just about people.

It’s completely clean, too.

It's not ... the 2nd season has more adult themes. It's so funny though!

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Anonymous wrote:The male lead looks like he’s 30.

Lol, my teen said the same thing.

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Anonymous wrote:The male lead looks like he’s 30.

Lol, my teen said the same thing.

I looked him up and he’s 29 so your teen is not wrong! It made me feel better because I find him very attractive and am glad he’s not actually a teenager!

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me if it would be appropriate for a 7th grade Indian girl whose really excited to watch this?! I noticed there’s lots of wanting-to-get-laid references on the trailer?

There are many curse words and sexual themes, so no, I do not think it’s appropriate for a 12 year old. But still loved the show.

I thought it was perfectly clean. She wants to have sex, but what teenager doesn’t? She doesn’t have sex.

I am a prude through and through and I though this show was perfectly clean and had great values.

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Anonymous wrote:The male lead looks like he’s 30.

Lol, my teen said the same thing.

I looked him up and he’s 29 so your teen is not wrong! It made me feel better because I find him very attractive and am glad he’s not actually a teenager!

He’s super hot. So is eve.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked it, but the wheelchair/ handicap jokes were in very poor taste. I am a wheelchair user and it just stings. I like Mindy Khaling and I liked this show, but it's very lame and old to have it be socially acceptable to make these kind of jokes (hey FDR). In 2020 it's time to just have a character in a wheelchair just be treated like a regular character (like in Raising Dion).

For better or worse, that would not be representative of what it's like to be a disabled teen. Kids are cruel. We should be allowed to tell stories that reflect reality. The kid that makes that joke isnt portrayed in a positive light

Are you a disabled person? Maybe watch Crip Camp to see what some of us have had to go through. Disabled people are just people. I don’t need ableism to discredit my complaint. We are the last group where it is still socially acceptable to be treated “separate but equal” even today. No kids don’t go around calling people FDR. And many people in wheelchairs today aren’t dying to be able to walk. The jokes were bad and give license to viewers to continue to treat us in this way.

Do you have jokes against Jews, blacks, gays? I mean are kids are cruel, NBD right?

The show literally also showcases an ongoing joke calling her the UN which is double entendre for united nations and unf_ckable nerds. Mocking them on two fronts, one racist. Kids are telling cruel jokes about their race in the show as well. But you didn't notice those because they aren't your cause? The high school kids are aholes. And as has been the case since the dawn of the US grade school system, and probably history. kids will look for differences and exploit and mock them to gain status in the group because they haven't fully fleshed out their moral compass yet and are obsessed with fitting in. This is a central line of plot for virtually every piece of film featuring a teenager for the last fifty years.

Also, for the record, it isn't no big deal. This type of casual cruelty is shown to inflict anxiety, stress, sadness, depression and lifelong painful memories and almost all of these high school stories portray this bullying as very damaging.

Nope, who said other things weren't my cause. The handicap/ wheelchair jokes need to end. Period.

All mean-spirited jokes need to end then.

You don't get to decide for me, so no.

Like I said, I thought the show was funny, but I am sick and tired of wheelchairs and disability being a socially acceptable joke, period, and I felt that the use in the show of that plot was unnecessary and offensive. Don't like my opinion, based on my experience growing up with a disability, then I don't care. You trying to discredit me or blend my argument into yours does zero. I have an opinion, deal with it. Maybe educate yourself. I guess in the US if you are a minority it's acceptable for you to poke fun at your minority. But Mindy's not handicap or in a chair. So having a character that is all upset about being in one, and having people treat her like she's got some disease (and the teacher saying "it's not contagious), people calling her FDR, people accusing her of faking, of everyone staring, etc. Give me a break. No, it's not funny, and she shouldn't have had those depictions in there. Just no. Show would have been just as strong without it.

I've always loved Mindy Kaling but I agree. It was in such poor taste that it is clear she doesn't understand disabilities and doesn't care to. I am fed up with using disabled people as a punch line. People still do not get it. Also John Mcenroe absolutely ruins this for me. I still haven't finished the first episode.

I think she was capturing how teens can be cruel to each other.

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This show is surprisingly good!

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Anonymous wrote:This show is surprisingly good!

Why surprisingly?

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Anonymous wrote:The male lead looks like he’s 30.

Lol, my teen said the same thing.

I looked him up and he’s 29 so your teen is not wrong! It made me feel better because I find him very attractive and am glad he’s not actually a teenager!

For sure. That's a grown ass man. He just has a narrower frame.

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Anonymous wrote:This show is surprisingly good!

Why surprisingly?

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Hardly surprisingly. It's Mindy Kaling's work, and she doesn't create crappy things.

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The guy who plays Prashant (Rushi Kota) is so hot.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy who plays Prashant (Rushi Kota) is so hot.

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I thought he’d be an uggo

LOL

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This show was SO GOOD. I sobbed throughout the last few episodes. Great mother-daughter story on top of the coming-of-age plot.

The male leads were all super attractive, especially her dad. And I also breathed a sigh of relief finding out that Paxton’s actor is actually 29. Haha.

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Dissenting opinion here - love the show and watched it with my middle school aged kid. Yes, there are some inappropriate parts (no nudity) but you can talk through those and it ultimately has a positive message. FYI, the language used will not be shocking to your middle schooler.