Co-creator Lang Fisher breaks down the first season of the breakout Netflix comedy, including Devi's love triangle with Paxton and Ben.
. The 10-part series has also spawned its share of Twitter memes, a TikTok challenge and numerous thinkpieces about its representation of South Asians, and particularly women of color.
's Angela Chase, and she isn't immune to typical teen comedy tribulations, like being caught between star jock Paxton Hall-Yoshida and overachieving student Ben Gross . Butalso focuses on Devi's home life with her Indian mother Nalini and cousin Kamala as they struggle with the death of Devi's father, Mohan , giving the series a layer of heartrending pathos.
This show is predominantly led by a cast of South Asian women, which is so rare in Hollywood. Was it a challenge to get the greenlight? You discovered Maitreyi Ramakrishnan through an open audition process. How did you know she was Devi? You can't ask someone how old they are when they audition. You just have to assume that they're a reasonable age. I don't think we found out what his age was until we were deep in the season and then we were like,"Oh, OK." I assumed he was, like, 20.
My dream from the get-go was to not have someone who's pulling ahead. I don't know who I am rooting for, and so I want everyone else to be torn. I think when you look at other love triangles, there's always a clear winner—in, you want her to end up with Mark Darcy, you want him to win. I want no-one to know who they want to win. People have sides but I'm glad there's not 90 percent of people on one side and 10 percent on the other. I'm glad it's split.
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