Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling, one of The Office’s writers and cast members, says that she agrees that some moments of the show, would not look great if it were made a decade later. In an article on Movie Web, Jeremy Dick states, “As Kaling explains: ‘That show is so inappropriate now. The writers who I'm still in touch with now, we always talk about how so much of that show we…

Pixar has truly created something special with the film inside out. The director, Pete Docter embarked on a wild plot, exploring how emotions interact and fight for control of our lives. Inside out tackles bigger issues than just children's entertainment making it very comparable to Pixar's “WALL-E”. When I first read the synopsis, I was hesitant to say the least. Do I really want to know how a young girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) deals with moving houses? Do I want to watch her emotions Joy…

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expresses a comical tale of symbolic characters to represent a child’s inner emotion. The character Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) exhibits five main emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). The adventure begins when the emotional beings inside her mind meddle with her core memories. This action sends Riley into a roller coaster of emotional loss and personality alteration. Her mental motherboard becomes altered through a…

Brain Time Throughout history movies have always been used as a way to escape reality. Movies are created with out of the world story lines in order to catch the attention of the audience. Eventually, this phenomenon picked up and directors and producers were on a mission to become the best in the business. One in particular that has taken over the animated movie world is Pixar which is a section to Walt Disney. In 2015, directors Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen released a heartfelt movie named…

simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world.” When Mindy Kaling included these words, in her humorous biographical book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me, she likely did not consider genre theory in her analysis. Romantic comedy is the genre of choice for Mindy Kaling and other people looking for cheesy humor and a “meet cute” scenario, leading to an idealistic love connection capable of withstanding…

reappearing role (Biography 5). She is also the executive producer for the movie, The Life of Henrietta Lacks, which is known to be honoring the real-life story of Lacks. She stars in a Wrinkle of Time, along with actresses Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling (IMDb 2). She is also a contributor to the #TimesUp movement, which takes action against sexual harassment in work and professional environments (Barber 3). Recently, she joined newsmagazine to incorporate her "Oprah's Favorite Things” list…

Pixar is famous for producing films that encompass a complex mix of emotions. Think of the heart-rendering scene in “Up,” where a couple's marriage passes by in a mere minute or the nostalgia felt in “Toy Story,” where beloved toys come to life. A film that goes one step further is “Inside Out” which actually crafts a story that revolves around these emotions. At first glance, the movie appears to be one strictly for children considering it is a Disney Pixar movie focused around an…

Roeper is a top reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times. Recently, on June 15, 2015, he reviewed a highly rated movie called Inside Out. Inside Out is directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen. It has certain stars that include Phyllis Smith and Mindy Kaling from The Office, Amy Poehler and Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live, and Lewis Black from The Daily Show. Richard Roeper does a fantastic job at critiquing this because he told people about the plot, he goes into detail about the movie, and…

Amy Schumer, stand-up comedian and TV star: “She’s the everygirl—if everygirl were fearless.” The “everygirl.” This is the kind of girl, woman, female individual that ELLE’s editor-in-chief Robbie Myers explicitly states she is looking to appeal to. In April’s issue, Myers “Editor’s Letter” takes the defensive after the shocking statement that Schumer—the “everygirl herself”—resists reading women’s magazines because of the way they “make her feel bad about herself” (ELLE 92). In her…