Mindy Kaling

Hilarious and outstandingly feminist: Late Night celebrates women in comedy

By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Coming from modern-day rom-com queen Mindy Kaling, Late Night is a sincere ode to women in comedy. Working as both screenwriter and actor on the film, Kaling stars alongside Emma Thompson in this showbusiness dramedy. Thompson plays Katherine Newbury, a witty and sharp-tongued late-night talk show host who, as the first woman to host her own show, is seen as a pioneer in entertainment.  After being called a "woman who hates women", Newbury hires Molly Patel (played by Mindy Kaling), an Indian-American novice comedy writer, to join the all-male writers' room of her show. Going from…

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