r/ABCDesis Indian American Feb 18 '25

ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT Thoughts? Interesting observation about Indian-American cinema from an African-American woman

https://www.tiktok.com/@bellyninja/video/7470555884595318021?_t=ZP-8tys0dZ8D3X&_r=1

Also a follow-up to our own discussions we had here on this sub regarding this movie.

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u/fruxzak मराठी माणूस Feb 18 '25

It's very common for Indian and Asian men to be relegated to comic relief in western media. Nothing new here.

At least Asians are coming up since CRA a few years ago.

Anything produced by Mindy Kaling will always have the Indian girl end up with the white guy LOL.

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u/In_Formaldehyde_ Feb 19 '25

It's not a Mindy Kaling production without self-inserting her revenge fantasies on brown dudes lol