In Eesha Pandit’s essay, “The Unending Heartbreak of Great Expectations,” the author proposes that Hollywood’s bias against females, especially females that do not fall into the category of stereotypical and are of a different race, is the main idea of the article. The author refers to the TV sitcom, “The Mindy Project,” as a method of illuminating the main idea. “The Mindy Project” has the first Indian-American actress as the main character. Pandit uses a narrative reference involving Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” to show the favor Hollywood has towards white, stereotypical females. Pandit also makes use of hyperbole in the phrase “lost their collective minds,” to illustrate the issue that critics can and will give a bad critique of a show when it
