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Mindy Kaling Slams Criticism About Velma’s South Asian Identity in ‘Scooby-Doo’ Spinoff: I Don’t Care If People ‘Freak Out’

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Jinkies! Mindy Kaling isn’t here for any criticism that may pop up in the wake of her new role as Scooby-Doo detective Velma Dinkley, who is South Asian in the upcoming animated spinoff centered on the intellectual mystery-solver.“Hopefully you noticed my Velma is South Asian,” the Never Have I Ever creator, 42, told the audience at the Warner Bros.

Discovery Upfront presentation Wednesday, May 18, after the crowd saw a photo from the upcoming HBO Max series. “If people freak out about that, I don’t care.”However, Kaling is hopeful that fans will accept the change with open arms: ”Nobody ever complained about a talking dog solving mysteries, so I don’t think they’ll be upset over a brown Velma.”The Velma photo that was shown to the audience on Wednesday shows the Mystery Inc.

characters like you’ve never seen them before. In addition to Velma’s (the character) update, a naked redhead — who appears to be Daphne — is covered only by soap bubbles as she and Velma stand over a dead body with the top of its head sliced cleanly off, making for a more NSFW Scooby-Doo than its other iterations throughout the generations.Kaling, who is also executive-producing the series, has been outspoken about her desire to change the entertainment industry.

She’s also candidly discussed how her own South Asian identity has been criticized and mocked in her career.“I shortened my name because emcees for these comedy shows [when I was doing standup] would have trouble pronouncing it, and then they’d make a joke about my last name,” the Mindy Project star — whose real name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam — told NPR in 2020.Four years earlier, she spoke passionately about the importance of real representation for South Asian women and other people of

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