Extremely sensitive and painful in a method you hadn’t anticipated – has that been inhibiting your writing by any means?

KALING: That’s this kind of good concern. You understand, we – there is a great deal in “not have I Ever” that might be construed as unpleasant, but because i do believe the lead is really what individuals would phone, like, a marginalized individual, just like a young Indian American girl, i do believe we are capable of getting away with material due to a specific powerlessness that that demographic has in culture (laughter), actually. Therefore I think it really is easier for the character to lash down or her mom to state items that could be offensive because potentially it’s like, OK, well, you realize, they don’t really have a lot of energy in this nation at this time.

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