I'm not sure why you are being downvoted. When she signed the contract the project was likely still new. They probably had the diversity stuff out in the open, but most of the writing and animation would have been unknown to Mindy at the time of signing.
Despite the poor writing she is sticking with it. Maybe she doesn't have a good way out of the contract. It does seem like she's become the scapegoat imo.
frooglybear t1_j4fi9t8 wrote
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I'm not sure why you are being downvoted. When she signed the contract the project was likely still new. They probably had the diversity stuff out in the open, but most of the writing and animation would have been unknown to Mindy at the time of signing.
Despite the poor writing she is sticking with it. Maybe she doesn't have a good way out of the contract. It does seem like she's become the scapegoat imo.