Jan 18, 2023
HBO Max's new adult-oriented animated Scooby Doo spin-off series "Velma" debuted last week and the reboot was immediately panned by critics on both sides of the political spectrum, as well as the mainstream media. The woke revision, in which classic members of the Mystery Inc. crime-solving gang are race-swapped, is produced by Indian American comedy actress Mindy Kaling, who also voices the show's investigative protagonist Velma Dinkley - who's now of Indian descent and a lesbian. The race swaps include turning characters Shaggy, who's referred to as "Norville," into a black man, while red-haired Daphne is Asian. To top it off, the original show's namesake pooch, Scooby, does not make an appearance. On top of being savaged by online ratings sites like Rotten Tomatoes, where it received a 6% audience score, the show's objective awfulness served as fodder for social media commenters and the mainstream media alike. Twitter leftists pointed out