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Television writer. Years active. 2007 – present. Known for. co-creating Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling. Awards. The Peabody Awards (2008) Lang Fisher (born January 29, 1980) is an American comedy writer and director. She co-created and executive produced the Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama series, Never Have I Ever.
Lang Fisher. Writer: Never Have I Ever. Lang Fisher is known for Never Have I Ever (2020), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) and The Mindy Project (2012).
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Isla Lang Fisher (/ ˈ aɪ l ə /; born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress.Born in Oman to Scottish parents who moved with her to Australia during her childhood, she began appearing in television commercials and came to prominence for her portrayal of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1994–1997), for which she received two Logie Award nominations.
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The story centers around Devi Vishwakumar, a 15-year-old (at the start of the series) Indian-American Tamil girl from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. After her father, Mohan, dies suddenly, Devi loses sensation in her legs due to psychological trauma, making her unable to walk for three months. One day, in an attempt to see her crush Paxton Hall-Yoshida...
Main
1. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar, initially a 15-year-old high school sophomore who wants to improve her life and harbors feelings for both Paxton Hall-Yoshida and Ben Gross. She is based on the show's creator, Mindy Kaling. She is known for her emotional and erratic behavior at times and sees a therapist to help deal with the loss of her father, who died prior to the events of the series. She is a star student and has dreamed of going to Princeton Universitysince an early age. 2....
Recurring
1. Sendhil Ramamurthyas Mohan Vishwakumar, Devi's deceased father, who appears in flashbacks and visions 2. Niecy Nashas Dr. Jamie Ryan, Devi's therapist 3. Eddie Liu as Steve (season 1), Kamala's illicit boyfriend 4. Christina Kartchner as Eve Hjelm (seasons 1–2; guest season 3), Fabiola's love interest who later moves away 5. Alexandra Billingsas Jennifer Warner (seasons 2, 4), the school's college counselor 6. Benjamin Norris as Trent Harrison, core member of the Hot Pocket, Paxton's best...
Guest
1. Aarti Mann as Jaya Kuyavar (season 1) 2. Markus Jorgensen as Boris Koslov (season 1), a Russian exchange student 3. Gilberto Ortiz as Alex Gomez (season 1), a young man interested in Fabiola 4. Chelly as Parvesh (season 1), a Vishwakumar family friend 5. Peter James Smith as Mr. Chan (seasons 1, 3), the orchestra teacher 6. Kikéy Castillo as Christina Harrison (season 1), Trent's mother 7. Atticus Shafferas a young man who participates in model UN as Russia (season 1) 8. Iqbal Thebaas Arav...
Development
On March 20, 2019, it was reported that Netflix had given a 10-episode series order to the then-untitled "semi-autobiographical comedy". In an interview with The New York Times, Kaling said that Netflix was open to have a show "set in the '80s or the '90s, but I'd seen that done so well with shows like Fresh Off the Boat and Everybody Hates Chris. I really wanted to speak to kids now". The show's name, Never Have I Ever, was created by co-creator Lang Fisher, and Kaling said it was chosen bec...
Casting
In July 2019, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was reported to be cast as Devi after Mindy Kaling put out an open casting call and received over 15,000 responses. John McEnroe was offered the role of narrating the series after Kaling had approached him during an Oscar party hosted by Vanity Fair. All the actors met at the first table read and no "chemistry reads" were done between characters.
Filming
Principal photography of season 1 began on July 14, 2019, with production wrapping up on October 31, 2019. Season 2 commenced on November 10, 2020, at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles and wrapped at the end of March 2021. Season 3 began filming on November 29, 2021, and wrapped on March 1, 2022.The fourth and final season wrapped filming in early August 2022.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 95% based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 7.80/10; the second season holds a 94% based on 35 reviews and an average rating of 8.30/10; the third season has a rating of 91% and an average rating of 8.50/10 based on 22 reviews; the fourth season holds a 100% based on 11 reviews and an average rating of 7.40/10. The website's critical consensus for the first season reads, "Never Have I Ever's fresh take on the coming-of-ag...
Jewish representation
Many critics have described the depiction of the Jewish character Ben Gross as being anti-Semitic. Meena Venkataramanan from Harvard Political Review wrote, "The show's anti-Semitism is exacerbated by [Devi's] academic rival's characterization as a Jewish caricature and the jokes his religion and wealth generate at his expense". Mira Foxs from The Forward says "[Ben Gross is] a wildly rich nerdy suck-up, with an absent, workaholic Hollywood lawyer for a dad and negligent Jewish-Buddhist type...
Indian representation
The portrayal of Indians in the series was inaccurate according to some critics in India. Deeksha Sharma of The Quint felt that Sendhil Ramamurthy's Indian accent was "fake". He received flak from Tamil audiences for saying "thakkali sambar" (transl.Tomato lentil soup) as "thakli sambar" despite being part Tamil himself.She added that the whole notion of the character of Jaya telling Kamala that she wished she just listened to her parents and "married the guy they chose" and that then she wou...
Never Have I Ever on NetflixNever Have I Ever at IMDbJun 17, 2023 · Season 13 Episode 9 | 26m 47s |. My List. Lang Fisher has an impressive history of writing and producing hilarious, smart television, and her work as co-creator and showrunner of Never Have I Ever ...
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Never Have I Ever: Created by Lang Fisher, Mindy Kaling. With Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe. The complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.
This week on On Story, co-creator, showrunner, and writer, Lang Fisher discusses her process behind the hit, Netflix comedy series, Never Have I Ever. Lang r...
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