- TV Show
- Rated TV-14
- By Elizabeth Meriwether, Berkley Johnson, J. J. Philbin, Dave Finkel
- Reviewed by Sarah Erani
The following are out of 5
Racial Representation: 5
LGBTQ+ Representation: 0
Disability Representation: 0
Body Size Representation: 1
Gender Representation: 5
Socioeconomic Representation: 0
Mental Health Representation: 0
Religious Representation: 2
Own Voice: Kind of, Elizabeth Meriwether was inspired by inspired by her experience of “bouncing from Craigslist sublet to Craigslist sublet, for four years in L.A.”
New Girl has a black main character and another black character that could be considered a main character, as well as an Indian woman and a Jew, but they are all friends of the main character, a white woman. The Jewish character’s Judaism is usually just used as a punchline. He used to be fat, which is shown in flashbacks, but also as a punchline.
Sources:
Diversify the Media Narrative 