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Sep 23, 2021 · NIK DODANI: When I was a kid in Arizona, my parents tried to get me to do so many different things — basketball, soccer, karate, I even tried robotics — and none of it worked. My older...
Nik Dodani (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Zahid in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical, and Pat Patel in the revival of the popular CBS sitcom Murphy Brown.
Jun 22, 2022 · Dodani’s character, who is adopted, was initially called Graham before he suggested “Rohan” to director Craig Johnson. “I started thinking critically about what it means to be a Brown kid with a white family,” Dodani said.
Jun 17, 2024 · The out gay Indian-American star is set for a major year in 2024 with starring roles in Lee Issac Chung’s tornado-laden blockbuster sequel Twisters and horror-comedy The Parenting, reuniting him...
- Atypical’S Shortcomings as Both Representation and Entertainment
- Criticism Moves The Needle only Slightly
- Gradual, If Insufficient, Improvement Across The Entertainment Landscape
In its initial eight-episode season, Atypical was indistinguishable from its autistic TV cohort. It was yet another story about a cisgender, heterosexual, white autistic man seemingly made with a largely non-autistic audience in mind. In terms of inclusion, it very meekly nudged the status quo byhiring one autistic person for the supporting cast an...
The most positive thing I could say about Atypical as autistic representationis the most damning thing I can say about its entertainment value: Sam wasn’t treated that much differently from any of the other characters. Usually autistic characters are the only ones who are handled from external and distanced perspectives and come across as not-quite...
While Atypical had to be dragged a short distance from its suboptimal starting line, autistic people were finally starting to see some improvement elsewhere in television. Even The Good Doctor managed to add slightly more autistic creative input into their mix. Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby started openly discussing her recent autism diagnosis ...
Oct 1, 2021 · Tonal shifts. Now Dodani is switching comedic gears, starring as Jared Kalwani in Dear Evan Hansen , a drama following a high school senior (Ben Platt) with social anxiety disorder and his...
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Nik Dodani is an actor, writer, and comedian, best known for Netflix's Atypical. He will next be seen in Lee Isaac Chung's Twisters and the upcoming New Line Cinema feature, The Parenting. As a stand-up comedian, Dodani made his network television debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
