Mindy Kaling's South Asian representation has viewers deeply divided. This says a lot.

Recall The Office or The Mindy Project, and more recently, Never Have I Ever or The Sex Lives of College Girls. Their common denominator, multi-hyphenate Mindy Kaling, has created a handful of South Asian characters for these shows, some of whom she played herself. These female characters are often outspoken, "sex-obsessed,"...