This ridiculous show should have been banned for its false stereotypes and disgusting depiction of Indians. There were some funny parts, but when introducing a certain minority culture for the first time, it's imperative to be very careful about how things are shown, and not get carried away just to make something funny, because it's not a typical sitcom like the others, but is seeking to portray a certain culture specifically. It makes real Indians feel embarrassed and non-Indians get false messages. The show where the white boy calls Indie and her family 'backwards immigrants' who 'raise chickens' was SHOCKING, and I cannot believe how explicit and vulgar that was. The dirty accents of the parents are such fake exaggerations of real Indians' accents, which are of course different from North American accents, but not so disgusting.
Aside for the rubbish stereotypes, the actress herself, 'Indie', is a terrible choice. Her clothing is extremely strange and seriously, they should have chosen someone whose lip colour did not match their face. She is not actually Indian at all - she is Guyanese. To represent an Indian with a Guyanese makes no sense, just because their skin colours are somewhat similar. It's like making a Chinese show with a Japanese. This girl acts like she's embarrassed of her culture and the show makes it seem as if 'Indian culture' makes it hard for an 'Indian' to live in a North American society, which is completely false. She wants to reject important parts of her culture because she's ashamed of them. What a pointless, rubbish show, if it cannot show a culture positively. Only some parts were good, such as when the family put emphasis on the children getting As and this was not depicted in a dirty way, such as by showing them as 'nerds' or some utter rubbish.
*4/10*
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