Mindy Kaling has taken her rise to stardom in several different directions. Her work as an actor and writer on “The Office” led to her success with “The Mindy Project” and then the festival film “Late Night” starring herself and Emma Thompson. Lately, she has turned her focus to coming-of-age storytelling, namely with the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as a sophomore in high school trying to change her social status after a traumatizing freshman year.
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Now, Kaling is centering on a slightly older group of young adults with the HBO Max series “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” The show centers around four roommates – played by up-and-comers Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Renée Rapp, and Alyah Chanelle Scott – enjoying their life at Essex College in New England.
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The show also features several veteran actors, including Sherri Shepherd, Maya Rose, Dylan Sprouse, and Rob Huebel. Additional series regulars include Midori Francis, Gavin Leatherwood, Chris Meyer, Ilia Isorelys Paulino, Lauren Spencer, and Renika Williams. Here’s the official synopsis:
Created by Emmy®-nominated writer/producer Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS follows four college roommates as they arrive at New England’s prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.
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It will also be interesting to see how the show tackles that classic college aesthetic. So much about the typical college lifestyle has been hyper-analyzed in television and film, and this series is an opportunity to do something new with that genre. Granted, Kaling probably will not go full “Community,” but she has some room creatively to work with.
The Max Original comedy debuts on HBO Max with the first two episodes on November 18. The ten-episode series continues with three new episodes on November 25 and December 2, leading up to the final two episodes of the season on December 9.
