The first episode of Mindy Kaling's 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' premieres on HBO Max on November 18. The season continues with three new episodes dropping on November 25, followed by another three episodes on December 2, and the final two on December 9.
Episode 1, which is called 'Welcome to Essex,' was directed by David Gordon Green, who is best known for the series 'Red Oaks,' and 'Pineapple Express.' The series features Reneé Rapp, Pauline Chalamet, Alyah Chanelle Scott and and Amrit Kaur.
The New York Times wrote: "anyone hoping for the scripted series version of “Girls Gone Wild” or Playboy’s “Women of the Ivy League” will have to look elsewhere. The show instead treats undergraduate intimacy with the friendly skepticism it deserves. There’s mortification, bewilderment, klutzy desire and sometimes, between rounds of beer pong, the stirrings of self-discovery.
Filming took place over a three week period, primarily on the Vassar College campus, which doubles as Essex College.. The Hudson Valley Film Commission introduced Vassar as the main location (along with several other colleges) back in October of 2020. Vassar was also referred by HVFC and used in 2020 and 2021 for the upcoming series, 'Master,' on Amazon.
As pre production kicked into gear in May, the Film Commission also referred other locations, including a place for building sets. Local crew members and production assistants were also referred, and working under Roman Candle Casting, the Film Commission was able to recruit hundreds of local background actors.
"It was great to see so many local crew members and actors working on set," recalls HVFC executive director Laurent Rejto. "In addition to seasoned pros, I got to see several recent college grads (mostly from Marist) working their first professional gig on a Mindy Kaling production. That's a pretty good indoctrination into the business. It was a challenging production with very long hours, thunder storms coming through and ninety degree weather."
Production wrapped in early July. Hopefully, many others seasons of the show will bring further production and the economic development that results. In addition to location fees, millions were spent on hiring local crew members, vendors, security and thousands of dayplayers. Other direct spending resulted from thousands of hotel room bookings, local construction and a very dedicated staff that was hired to maintain Co-Vid 19 safety protocols. On top of daily testing, all members of the crew and cast were provided with a tracking device, so they could be alerted if anyone in their vicinity tested positive.
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