Mindy Kaling Addresses 'Scooby Doo' Fans Upset That Velma Is South-Asian mindykaling “Like, there are Indian nerds,” she says. “It shouldn’t be a surprise to people.”
Mindy Kaling as both her voice and producer on the project. Things were going along just fine, Kaling says, until it was shared that the character would also be reimagined as South Asian.
“When it was announced that I was going to do the voice of Velma, people were very supportive and happy on Twitter,” Kaling shared during an appearance onKaling acknowledges that the fandom for the beloved character is pretty huge. “These are really intense fans, you know — cartoon, comic book fans, those are huge fans,” she said. “And especially [for] a legacy show like this.”
“Then it was announced about a month ago that the Velma character would be reimagined as South Asian,” she said. “And people were not happy.” Well. I feel like Mindy is possibly being a bit too understanding here? The fact that grown adults get mad over an attempt at representation after decades of mostly white characters on our TV and movie screens is pretty disturbing.
“There was a lot of, like, ‘So not Velma!'” Kaling shares. “Those kind of tweets. ‘Not the classic Velma that I’m always thinking about!'”“She’s such a great character. She’s so smart. And I just couldn’t understand how people couldn’t imagine a really smart, nerdy girl with terrible eyesight, and who loved to solve mysteries, could be Indian.”“Like, there are Indian nerds,” she adds. “It shouldn’t be a surprise to people.”in a live-action remake of.
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