6 Reasons Why Mindy Kaling’s Velma Failed Despite Great Background

Velma premiered on January 12, 2023, and people rushed to watch the childhood favourite. It has received a lot of intense criticism and failed. Here’s why:

1. People claim that the show lacks humour compared to the iconic Scooby-Doo show from their childhoods.

2. Velma is one of the masses’ favourite characters from the show. They couldn’t digest the racial swapping in the show.

3. The show makes awful examples of jokes like ‘fat’ jokes and #MeToo jokes which didn’t sit right with the fans. The audience hated these.

4. This project was supposed to be for teens and young adults. The language, objectification and sexual content didn’t match this purpose.

5. Mindy Kaling mentioned that she feels like this ‘nerdy’ character should be Indian or South Asian. This is clichéd and wrong.

6. The show has worked too hard to match the current levels of wokeness but has clearly failed. This has destroyed the iconic characters.

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