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Not Suitable for Work: The Third in the Trilogy
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The conversation lands on Not Suitable for Work, Mindy's new Hulu show, which she's positioning as the third chapter in a trilogy (the other two being Never Have I Ever and Sex Lives of College Girls). The connecting thread across all three, she explains, is her love of writing for underdogs — ambitious, horny characters with big romantic and professional wants who feel they lack the access to achieve them. She describes the NSFW cast as genuinely funny and surprisingly unknown despite having real credits: Will Angus from sketch comedy, Ella Hunt from Dickinson, Avantika from Mean Girls. Amy then pays Mindy one of the episode's most meaningful compliments: her shows are legitimately fun, not homework — the kind of thing you watch when times are hard and you need to feel okay again.
Mindy's trilogy has one DNA strand: ambitious, horny underdogs who feel they lack access to the life they want. That's Never Have I Ever, Sex Lives of College Girls, and Not Suitable for Work in one sentence. It's also, in many ways, Mindy's autobiography.
Mindy wants to write and direct movies, be genuinely present for her three kids, and maybe one day walk into a Dartmouth lecture hall in a beautiful sweater with 150 students staring at her. Oh, and she's ready for the day when TV shows just need 'that decrepit grand dame' for a couple of lines.
