‘Woke’ Scooby-Doo Spin-Off On ‘Velma’ Gets Horrible News

By
David Rufful
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OPINION | This article contains the author's opinion.

Hollywood actress Mindy Kaling made history (for all of the wrong reasons) while playing Scooby-Doo’s spin-off “Velma.”

After four episodes of the show, it has received more than 41,000 1-star reviews. It has received 1,6888 10-star reviews.

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It has landed the number three spot on IMDb’s list of worst-rated shows of all time. The show is accused of going “woke” after changing the skin color of the children’s fictional character Velma and informing people about her long-held sexual orientation.

“Velma is only behind “The Pogmentary” and “Iste Bu Benim Masalim” on the worst-rated IMDb list. “A Little Late with Lilly Singh” and “Santa Inc.” are behind “Velma” giving us the top five.

The show’s negative reviews vary although they all agree that it misses the mark.

Some criticize Kaling for going full-woke and focusing on race, sexuality, and gender, and others are not happy about how removed the show is from the classic “Scooby-Doo.”

One review said, “The jokes aren’t funny. It’s not cool. It’s not hip. It’s the opposite. It’s majorly offensive. Offensive for two reasons.”

“One for how terrible it is and it is really bottom of the barrel terrible, and two for its obvious sexism and racism. What an absolute insult, really, to anyone with half a shred of respectability. I’m just staggered that this even exists.”

Another review said, “This was atrocious. I watched the entire first episode and did not laugh once. Not even a chuckle. The jokes were so juvenile, so heavy-handed and the premise so far removed from the original IP, it was embarrassing.”

“Why is this series about sex and what does any of the random sexual situations have to do with Scooby-Doo? I also don’t know, nor care. Speaking of which, where is Scooby and Shaggy? … Personally, I feel like HBO and Mindy Kaling owe everyone an apology for this abomination of a series.”

“Hopefully you noticed my Velma is South Asian,” Kaling said last year to a crowd of fans. “If people freak out about that, I don’t care.”