Much of Mindy Kaling’s humor is rooted in something that might seem unfeasible: using logic to explore American culture. But it works — and works well — because Kaling uses a type of circular logic that’s all her own. Just consider this recent Tweet: “Can everyone buy my book please? I wanna quit the business and homeschool my kids real weird.”

(via The Office’s Mindy Kaling On Diets, And Other American Pastimes : Monkey See)

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