'NeverHaveIEver is a great teen comedy — with one glaring, omnipresent exception,' writes carolineframke
voicing the innermost thoughts of Indian-American teen Devi , it’s as logical a choice as any other. But Hadid’s voiceover quickly proves just as flat and unnecessary as McEnroe’s, exposing a frustrating flaw in an otherwise very entertaining teen comedy.
In the first episode of Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s series, McEnroe introduces himself as our guide to Devi, eventually revealing that he was her father Mohan’s favorite tennis player before his sudden death. Waiting for that connection to reveal itself was one of the first season’s initial hooks, and on an emotional level, it pays off. Pressing play on the second season, though, I was rather hoping not to hear McEnroe’s voice.
At the very least, the “Never Have I Ever” scripts are self-aware about the jarring clash between the characters and their narrator counterparts. As aforementioned, Hadid immediately admits that she might seem a strange choice to narrate Paxton Hall-Yoshida’s life. Just about every episode sees McEnroe point out how weird it is that he’s the one telling Devi’s story, whether literally or by reacting to her adolescent misadventures with a world-weary sigh.
The real reason it’s so frustrating to listen to one-note narrators like McEnroe and Hadid, though, is that they’re ultimately unnecessary. Voiceover can be an effective TV tool when used right, but it more often ends up an obvious shortcut for writers to say exactly what their characters are thinking and feeling without letting their viewers figure it out for themselves.
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