If you ever wanted to know why Mindy Kaling excels at her brand of uncomfortable humor, look no further than her upcoming Netflix series, Never Have I Ever. Kaling created the sitcom based on her own childhood in suburban Massachusetts, with newcomer newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan playing a fictionalized version of her.
The plot sounds like something out of a teen sex comedy. The 10-episode series centers on Devi, a nerdy first generation Indian-American girl whose primary goal seems to be to get herself and her friends laid.
Didn’t they just make a movie about this called Blockers? Not that I’m complaining. Horny teen comedies are a part of the fabric of American entertainment, but seeing one through the personal experiences of Kaling should make this stand out.
SYNOPSIS: Never Have I Ever is a new coming-of-age comedy about the complicated life of a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl. The series stars newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi, an overachieving high school sophomore who has a short fuse that gets her into difficult situations. Never Have I Ever is created by executive producer Mindy Kaling, with Lang Fisher serving as executive producer, showrunner and writer. The Universal Television project is also executive produced by 3 Arts Entertainment’s Howard Klein, David Miner, and Tristram Shapeero.
Never Have I Ever comes to Netflix on April 27th.
