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yeti@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I realize the cool thing is to ignorantly shit on Mindy Kaling for her involvement in that show and use it as an excuse to insist she’s talentless, but you do realize she was just an actor on Velma? No writing or directing credits. So does she really deserve to lose all goodwill from the office just because of that? Or are you just continuing the circlejerk?

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GhostMatter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
She was executive producer. But I do agree that the reception of that series does not mean she’s talentless. Hee previous track record shows otherwise.

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- LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I thought “executive producer” just meant they contributed money to the making of the project and they get the credit for it? I had always heard the show runners were the producers.
  
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  - GhostMatter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It varies.
    
    Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only.
    
    Regardless, in this case, wouldn’t you think that if she had financed and starred in the show, that she have some creative control?
    
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    LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t know. It’s possible but it does look like Mindy Kaling’s production company is one of the companies involved in the show and from your link:
    
    As in film, executive producer credits in television are also commonly applied to individuals who are involved in the production in a more hands-off capacity, such as the owner of the show’s production company.
    
    It does look like the show was created and developed by Charlie Grandy and articles seem to refer to him as the showrunner.
    
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50MYT@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Oh I stand corrected.

I legit thought it was her project, and she was the one who decided the direction etc.

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- yeti@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t blame you, that somehow became the common understanding as the hate against her snowballed.
  
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