"In Velma’s neon-soaked animated world, being brown has two connotations — being a punchline at worst ... or being ignored at best." Previews built hype for months leading up to it, boasting a diverse ...

The cast and crew of HBO Max's upcoming animated show "Velma" appeared at New York Comic Con on Thursday. Mindy Kaling said she was "a little bit surprised" by the backlash to Velma being South Asian.

Now a little more than a year later, Kaling addressed the initial trolling the series received by some on social media when it was announced that Velma would be reimagined as South Asian. Taking the ...

While promoting HBO Max’s Velma at New York Comic Con on Thursday, star and EP Mindy Kaling admitted that she was surprised by the social media reaction to her decision to make the beloved character a ...

In Mindy Kaling’s upcoming Scooby-Doo spin-off Velma, the title character will be of South Asian heritage. Not all fans are pleased. Kaling is executive-producing the HBO Max show and voicing Velma, ...

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Mindy Kaling isn’t backing down from critics of her South Asian Velma Dinkley, and she shared a sneak peek of the clearly brown-skinned character this week. The seemingly adult-oriented “Scooby-Doo” ...

Mindy Kaling will voice the title character in the adult-only animated spinoff 'Velma.' Kaling addressed fans about the character's change in ethnicity saying, 'I don’t care.' This time Mindy Kaling’s ...

Mindy Kaling used the Warner Bros Discovery Upfront presentation Wednesday to let everyone know she doesn’t care what you think about her Scooby-Doo animated spinoff Velma on HBO Max. If a dog can ...

Mindy Kaling is standing beside her upcoming Scooby-Doo series, Velma, after online trolls criticized its lead character’s ethnicity. Kaling, who first announced last year that she would be voicing ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...