'Never Have I Ever' Complicates Its Asian American Characters. That's The Whole Point
Season two of Mindy Kaling's "steamy teen romance" gives Asian American characters their own complicated stories of navigating love, grief and even a new frenemy.
by Deepa Shivaram
Jul 16, 2021
3 minutes
If it's tough being a teen, try being 15-year-old Devi Vishwakumar from the San Fernando Valley. She's still processing the death of her father while trying to climb up the social ladder and get into her dream school (Princeton). But now she has a new frenemy to contend with; not one, but two boyfriends and her mom's trying to move her to India.
But as Devi would say, she's "chill as a slurpee, bro."
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