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It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so

It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your portrayal of women. Even when I started out on The Office eight years ago, we could write our male characters funny and flawed, but not the women. And now, thankfully, its completely different. – Mindy Kaling

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Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I cant get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so its a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback. – Mindy Kaling

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