738630, Never Have I Ever Posted by jane eyre, Mon May-04-20 01:41 AM
It's a wholesome Netflix teenage rom-com (?) series about figuring out who you are and what your values are, plus it has heart. The main character is a 15 year old Indian girl who is trying to cope with grief and being 15 and Indian and all kinds of things.
I like watching father daughter relationships on screen, so it was touching to see an Indian father love, adore, and cheerlead for his daughter. The complicated relationship between the mother and daughter was a nice development, too.
The show tried to put forward a multicultural cast, although I thought some of the effort fell flat. It was a really nice effort, though, and I just let it go and enjoyed the series. It low-key irked me that a majority of the teenage main cast fell for white folks. The series is a Mindy Kaling production...so I feel like there will always be something in her stuff that comes with a dose of self-criticism about why an Indian character is too ugly or different or not palatable enough for a hot White guy to love.
I also liked Paxton's sister, who is adopted and special needs and very cool.
Speaking of, I got into Stumptown on ABC because of the young actor with special needs who plays the role of Dex's brother. I don't care what anybody says, Stumptown is good!
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