Monday, September 26, 2011

More From Mindy

I never go for chick flicks. And I admit, I think it sounds edgier and smarter to denounce them. I can't remember that last time I saw one, but I do recognize the female archetypes that Mindy Kaling describes for us in The New Yorker this week on Flick Chicks.

Mindy, please return to Thinkscope VisionCloud and write us a movie. It can be a RomCom/Chick Flick. I'd watch it.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Mindy Kaling

Why do I love Mindy Kaling? Is it because she is "Indian-American" (like me) and somewhat of an overachiever (unlike moi, but you know, I get it because of the Indian-American thing), took Latin (like me) is not a doctor, lawyer, or MBA (like me), is still insanely funny and smart (not me), and not at all creepy (definitely me)? Isn't it awesome that all this makes me love her and not hate her? Because you know, for the most part, we all love to hate the people we wish we were. But not Mindy. I always thought she was funny on The Office, then discovered she was one of the writers, then began following her blog "Things That I Bought that I Love" (could this be any more simple and poignant, my dear 20 and 30-something female friends?), and then quite frankly, forgot about her for a while. She shows up from time to time on late night television and the red carpet wearing outfits I both love and yet want to advise her not to wear. I happened to read this NYT piece today (I had no idea that she is "the No. 1 girl crush of the irreverent “celebrity, sex, fashion” Web site Jezebel") and thought to myself, oh yeah - HER! I love HER. Not in a creepy Twitter-follower kind of way (even though I know millions of people do it and no one thinks it's creepy, I do), just in an ah, she's refreshing kind of way and I wish she were my cool friend who is more like me than anyone else I know, except, more successful, and well, cool.

A la Tina Fey, Mindy is coming out with a book in November, titled "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)." Honestly, I don't get why Mindy isn't more popular and why I haven't yet heard about this news. The NYT article is fairly accurate in stating that "Kaling freely acknowledges the central contradiction of her career thus far, which is that she is a smart, ambitious woman who has excelled in the still-macho arena of comedy at the same time that she’s most widely recognized for playing the part of a materialistic, ditzy customer-service rep named Kelly Kapoor." Sure, Fey has had the visibility of SNL for a number of years (let's not forget that she could've campaigned as Sarah Palin herself), and now, the smash hit that is 30 Rock. Maybe it's because Fey is decidedly always making fun of herself for being an awkward, geeky, funny woman who doesn't mean or care to be frivolous and feminine, but it's just not something I can relate to as easily. Basically, in all her honest humor, sometimes I still think Fey is frontin'. Mindy (Kelly? Confused now...) seems a bit more genuine/raw to me and yet never misses a beat. I can see her debating over essentially the same shades of lipstick (if she even wears lipstick) for two hours like I do. I can see her spilling guacamole or hot sauce on her expensive red carpet-wear. I can see why she would want hair extensions for an episode of The Office in which she appears. She admits that she buys things, and admits that she loves them. I know this all sounds lame. It is. I don't have celebrity/famous anything - I didn't pursue Fey's "Bossy Pants," and I don't even read People (I read the Huffington Post Entertainment section - also lame). But the fact that her interviews make me laugh out loud has gotten me to consider purchasing her book.

I'll probably forget about this come November when her book is out, unless it has really good publicity, but I still love Mindy and I'm sure I'll remember her again.

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