The Sex Lives of College Girls. REVIEW

With middling success, the HBO Max comedy attempts to capture the universal emotions of the transitional years at an elite university. The Sex Lives of College Girls, Mindy Kaling's most recent HBO Max project, also attempts to capture the universal emotions of the transitional years through a constrained and ego-inflated view of college, with average to mediocre outcomes. The 10-part series was co-created by Kaling and Justin Noble (writing alumni of Brooklyn 99 and Kaling's debut high school series for Netflix, Never Have I Ever), and it gestures toward the general - the idiosyncratic, messy, confusing, headstrong, incipient sex lives of young women who are no longer teenagers but very much are not adults - while portraying a highly rarefied college experience.

The four college females in the title are loose drawings of checkboxes for private school admissions; the fictional Essex College, with its gothic structures, autumn-flecked quads, and preppy sweaters, is obviously based on Kaling's old mater, Dartmouth, the small Ivy League college in New Hampshire.

Leighton (Reneé Rapp), a New York legacy student who is a cross between Blair Waldorf and Regina George (whom Rapp portrayed in the Mean Girls Broadway adaption), has the added wrinkle of being a closeted lesbian. The uncomfortable, sincere Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet, Timotheé's sister), a strict valedictorian from small-town Arizona on financial aid and a work-study plan, captures the eye of Leighton's elder brother Nico (Gavin Leatherwood), senior frat buddy and dapper French tutor. The daughter of a US senator, soccer star Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), battles to avoid her mother's influence, blend in with a predominantly white setting, and manage an affair with her assistant coach. Bela (Amrit Kaur), a comedy enthusiast who lies to her religious, Indian immigrant parents and claims to be studying neurobiology, is a reflection of Kaling's youthful sexual immaturity and appetite for males as well as her desire to be accepted into a prestigious joke magazine.

The girls are initially wary of one another, especially Leighton, whose entitled and spiteful armor takes a while to break through. Yet on season 2 they all seem supported with one another!

The writting of the show it[s fabulous, i mean is there anything Mindy Kaling can't do? Also the wardrobe perfectly emphazises each characther essence, from Leighton Ivy League looks to Bela s suits and the casual approach with Kimberly and Whitney. The Sex Lives of College Girls is more about emotional feelings, fun and friendship, than it is about sex. The characters are fully drawn, and their antics offer rewarding entertainment, it rerminds me of a Sex and the City type of show.

An ode to friendship, self-discovery, and the networks that are imposed on individuals by the enigmas of the cosmos—or college administrations—and which, if you're extraordinarily lucky, occasionally produce gold. I enjoy it.

The endearing actors do a wonderful job as roommates discovering the ins and outs of love and money.

I am intrigued to watch how each character's story develops despite some clumsy writing, which gives me hope for a future season two. I can see the sitcom achieving a little more authenticity in its second season.

This lively sitcom charms viewers with its fresh, humorous writing and quartet of endearing female characters navigating young adulthood. It is bright, loud, and a lot of fun.

It is a testament to the clever writing, amusing setting, and mysterious cast who elevate the material they are given, A new suggestion worth seeing. .