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Given that it enters a world where mature cartoons are increasingly irreverent and self-referential, it makes sense that this new Velma would be too. Voiced, of course, by Mindy Kaling, Velma paces through her house on a dark and stormy night, speaking aloud as she types a critical message to HBO Max regarding their upcoming origin story of Judy Jetson. Velma’s gripe is that the producers plan to diverge from Judy’s portrayal in the original series. Velma thinks things should stay as they are.
“Well, at least Judy’s still white,” says Velma as we see her face for the first time. She is, as had been promised, and in contrast to every other portrayal up until now, South Asian. The phone rings, and, in an obvious nod to things that happen in the “Scream” franchise, a creepy voice is on the other end, and a serial killer is in her house.
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This classic trope excites Velma, who is diverted into a tangent on the need not to change anything before she registers that … well, she has a serial killer in her house. Then comes the blood spray. Though no specific release date has been announced, we know this mature, tongue-in-cheek “Velma” will come to HBO Max sometime in 2023.
