Mindy Kaling's Velma Will Reimagine Character As Being Of East Asian Descent, Won't Include Scooby-Doo Or Mystery Machine
Mindy Kaling's Velma series on HBO Max will apparently re-imagine the Scooby-Doo character as a [...]
Not My Velma
Well she's not Velma then is she https://t.co/vAPwVkxUwS
— Bolverk (@Bolverk15) June 10, 2021
I didn't take Twitter long to start up with the #NotMyVelma uproar...
prevnextRelax, Sis
velma's not real, sis https://t.co/QcuO6FISOz
— DJ Jellybean 🏳️🌈 (@MagsVisaggs) June 10, 2021
An important reminder. ?
prevnextWhy Not A New Character?
Why not just make a brand new character then?
— Pfft.. yeah, maybe in your kookie ass world dude.. (@Boglinfanatic) June 8, 2021
This close-cousin of 'diverse re-imagining of popular characters is not MY version of said character' soon reared its ugly head, as well.
prevnextShe Can Be Whatever
velma is way too much of a blank state character for y’all to be crying over a reimagining https://t.co/XjxvCSuu2P
— dill (@thankuquinn) June 10, 2021
idk why so many people are mad about this, velma’s race literally doesn’t affect her character https://t.co/YZUINA9x9J
— melanie (@melcchristine) June 10, 2021
Just about everything in Velma's "character" is vague and superficial - "brainy, geeky, glasses, orange sweater, red skirt, dress shoes." Beyond that, there's a lot of filling in you can do.
prevnextVelma BEEN Asian
Yes because Velma surely can’t be Asian. pic.twitter.com/tAClXcBFnS
— TheGreatBurg (@TheZBurg) June 10, 2021
Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron) played Velma in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies, however actress Hayley Kiyoko (who is part Japanese) played Velma in the Scooby-Doo TV movies The Mystery Begins (2009) and Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). So technically, having an Asian Velma in a Scooby-Doo origin story has already been done.
prevnextMike Tyson Did It Better
so basically this pic.twitter.com/p5JqnKT4yt
— Leif "El Prieto Humungosaurio" Erikson (@AverageMexGuy) June 8, 2021
I'm super stanning Mindy Kaling having Velma be East Asian, but what I really want to talk about how underrated Mike Tyson's Mysteries is. pic.twitter.com/cLSVLJFbOy
— Aubry Andrews (@AubryAndrews) June 10, 2021
One more reason people should be checking out the slept-on Mike Tyson Mysteries animated series - which already gives Scooby-Doo a more colorful re-imagining, in every way.
prevnextOh Velma Is Trending...
Me: "Oh neat, Velma is trending, this must either be something wholesome or just porn"
Me: "... oh she's trending because there's a remake where she's not white and our fellow white people are going ballistic."
Me: "why couldn't it have just been porn? why, lord, why?" https://t.co/xnzZWNpSnA
— Cadera Spindrift, Trans Bi Lesbian Virago (@caderaspindrift) June 10, 2021
People saw "Velma" trending and knew it could be bad. They just never figured it would be this absurd.
prevnextSo Many Ways To Velma
There is no single way to Velma. pic.twitter.com/cYqZLctKnT
— ᴀʜᴍᴀᴅ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇss (@AhmadChildress) June 10, 2021
Let Mindy Kaling do her thing. The Scooby-Doo franchise has already set the precedent.
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