‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Is Fifty Shades of Freshman
When it comes to the title of the new HBO Max comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls, the first half may be provocative, but the second half is where the show’s true appeal lies. Don’t get me wrong. The series, created by Mindy Kaling and Brooklyn Nine-Nine vet Justin Noble, and focusing on a quartet of freshman dorm roommates at a prestigious New England college — aspiring comedy writer Bela (Amrit Kaur); eager-to-please work-study student Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet); soccer star Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott); and mean girl Leighton (Reneé...