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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?

I would watch the show before making comments like this.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

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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?

I enjoyed it - it felt a little My-So-Called-Life-ish but with an immigrant twist.

My family is of Indian (Muslim) descent so I found it less relatable as far as Indian-ness goes, but definitely able to connect from a general child of immigrants standpoint.

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

cute show, thanks OP!

Anonymous wrote:I hate John Mcenroe. Why on earth was he involved with this? I loved the old Mindy show but I question some of her decisions.

Yes I really don’t enjoy him as the narrator.

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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?

In the first episode, the main character and her friends are called the "UN" by classmates, which one boy tells the main character means "un-fable nerds" and not "united nations". So that triggers the thought by the main character that no one would want to have sex with her and that she is universally unattractive.

Oh 😕
Maybe I won’t show it to her. Thanks.

I hate John Mcenroe. Why on earth was he involved with this? I loved the old Mindy show but I question some of her decisions.

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

Yes, with eye bags!

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Anonymous wrote:So good to hear. I read the WoPo review yesterday (which wasn’t great) and my first thought was that Hank Stueyver (sp) was not really it’s target demographic ....

#mansplaining hatchetjob. White boomer men love to critic young female voices of color. Bleech.

What a hackneyed effort to silence a critic. Not everyone has to like Mindy Kaling.

What an ahistorical and atonal effort to silence sexism. The fact that most critics are male has real-world consequences for artists and content producers: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/media-outlets-employ-twice-as-male-critics-as-female-critics-study-finds-1214324. Please spare us your (profound) ignorance.

The male lead looks like he’s 30.

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Anonymous wrote:So good to hear. I read the WoPo review yesterday (which wasn’t great) and my first thought was that Hank Stueyver (sp) was not really it’s target demographic ....

#mansplaining hatchetjob. White boomer men love to critic young female voices of color. Bleech.

What a hackneyed effort to silence a critic. Not everyone has to like Mindy Kaling.

Anonymous wrote:So good to hear. I read the WoPo review yesterday (which wasn’t great) and my first thought was that Hank Stueyver (sp) was not really it’s target demographic ....

#mansplaining hatchetjob. White boomer men love to critic young female voices of color. Bleech.

Not good for a 7th grader but a wonderful show for hs kids and everyone else. I didn’t see the WP review. I will read the but it won’t change my mind as I already binged the whole season and woke up missing the characters.