"So many comedies don't have jokes in them now," says Mindy Kaling. The actress, creator, and writer of Hulu's The Mindy Project, perfectly styled in black Chanel pumps and a vibrant Mary Katrantzou dress, observed the odd trend while chatting to ELLE.com earlier this month on set in Los Angeles. "I love tackling important issues and things that are difficult to talk about. But the most important thing is that I want to do a funny show." That collision of important and funny has always defined The Mindy Project, which routinely refashions societal taboos about women's sex lives, careers, and mothering through the eyes?and whip-smart barbs?of its heroine: OB/GYN Mindy Lahiri, a pop-culture savant who may be somewhat self-absorbed, but is always colorfully adorned.