![]() ![]() Cue another costume change, this time to Dirty Harry Potter. I think we came up with a way to address it without seeming like we’re treading on familiar territory.” During the episode, Mindy has an epiphany: “Women shouldn’t have to choose between being hot or funny,” she says. “The observation that girls wear sexy costumes is an old one,” she told us, “but it sort of rings true. And in an empty exam room are several wigs - some obviously for men - that will be fitted to Kaling later. There’s a strap-on urinal lying around in the office of Mindy’s nemesis/love interest Danny. What to wear: A white lab coat with an adorable dress underneath it, black plastic-framed glasses, and great. ![]() On set, Ike Barinholtz, the writer who also plays male nurse Morgan, is being helped into his costume: a pair of enormous breasts. In this episode, most of the cast will, too. “I’ve been really eager to embrace that.” “In the pantheon of funniest people ever - Sasha Baron Cohen, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey - they all do these things that show they have no vanity,” Kaling said. In The Office, I didn’t get that many opportunities to go, Yeah, I’m completely willing to do stuff for comedy.” To make up for it, the first three episodes of The Mindy Project have seen her character picked up by the cops, hung-over and mascara-smeared after having been shamed by a Barbie doll in a pool punched in the face, from which she emerged bloody and broken-nosed and ordering red wine with ice at a nightclub. Meanwhile, Danny attempts to pass his driving test after failing countless times in the past. I just thought, This is the funniest, coolest thing ever. Halloween Episode aired TV-14 22m IMDb RATING 7.2 /10 422 YOUR RATING Rate Comedy Mindy wrestles with whether or not she should take things one step further with Josh. “Do you remember that episode of 30 Rock where Liz got the cheap Lasik and starts crying out of her mouth?” Kaling asked us later. Subverting the usual sitcom tradition of outrageous costumes by looking purposefully terrible is part of Kaling’s comedy philosophy of never being afraid to look terrible. A few hours after that, she changed into a new mash-up getup: Lil Wayne on the Prairie - because even TV Mindy comes to realize that just getting tarted up for Halloween is ultimately kind of lame. Mindy’s idea of a hot costume is Sexy Mailman, a postal-carrier uniform paired with a ridiculously short shirt, fishnet stockings, and heels. Judging by the costume her character was wearing, she was keeping the streak going: Dr. “Every week, I’ve looked very foolish,” Mindy Kaling said in late August when Vulture visited the set of The Mindy Project’s Halloween episode, which airs tonight at 9:30 on Fox. ![]()
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