Four years ago I was persuaded by Late Night that Mindy Kaling, the writer, producer and costar of that feminist-sisterhood comedy, isn’t that funny. I’m therefore uninterested in catching Kaling’s animated Velma, a woke Scooby Doo that began streaming on HBO Max yesterday (1.12). Forbes‘ Paul Tassi, however, has assessed the situation. The show is basically getting slammed by both sides while viewership plummets.
HE to Industry Friendo: “I’ve never found Mindy Kaling the least bit funny. In any context, woke or non-woke. What do her fellow comedy writers think of her material?”
Industry Friendo to HE: “She’s referred to as the ‘anti-Mel Brooks‘ as everything she writes never offends anybody, is safe and ‘woke,’ and isn’t necessarily ever funny. She plays it safe and is more fashionista than comic, and hopelessly entitled. The only risks she takes are in her clothing.”