Young Female Detective
Enola Holmes (2020) by Harry Bradbeer
Yes, this is indeed a review for the first Enola Holmes movie, not the second one that’s just been released. I’m a little behind but I suspect I won’t be for long.
Who dies?
Ah, nobody. Listen, this is more of a young teen movie that’s based on a series of novels for young teens. So, no dead bodies – so far. It’s still interesting, though:
On the morning…
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How to "diversify" Scooby-Doo without sucking out its entire soul--and the audience's souls with it
So as the entire internet already knows, HBO's Velma was a major flop. The only views it's getting are hate views. Conservatives find it hilarious because leftists are trolling themselves by accusing the show creators of being secret right-wing trolls. Well, if they are, they're bloody brilliant.
The premise of the show was never, "What if Mystery Inc. were more diverse?" It was always, "What if Mystery Inc. were super woke? Also, what if we sexualized characters aged 15-17 and targeted exclusively audiences over 18?" So really, the show's creators shouldn't be so baffled as to why even their target audience hates their show. I guess this goes to show that when you buy the lie that reason is "too white" to be permissible, you predictably start to act like an idiot.
But what if I told you that there was already a canonically established means of "diversifying" the cast in a way that actually retains the spirit of the original show?
The series finale of Mystery Incorporated revealed that that show and every previous iteration of Scooby-Doo is canon to the others (yes, this does include the live action films, so take that as you will). It also implied that all future iterations of the franchise will be canon as well. This provides the single most perfect opportunity to explore what Mystery Inc. would be like if they were from other races, ethnic backgrounds, nations and even planets. It would present different reimaginings of the characters in a natural, creative way that the audience would just eat up. All you would have to do is create a series where Mystery Inc. explores the multiverse and meets a variety of alternate selves. Just think of it. You could have...
a Japanese or Korean Mystery Inc. that flanderizes the heck out of every anime trope (and they 100% have permission to turn the tables on us)
an African, Afro-Caribbean or African American Mystery Inc.
a South/Southeast Asian Mystery Inc. with a MUCH less sexualized and angry version of the above woke Velma
an alien version of Mystery Inc., with lots of opportunity for worldbuilding
a version of Mystery Inc. from a completely different time period, such as the Victorian era
a Rule 63 version of Mystery Inc.
a version of Scooby that corresponds to the largest dog breed in each of the above cultures/universes
There would be no need to make each iteration of the gang particularly diverse within the gang itself, unless they were temporarily mixing up members across the multiverse to accomplish a mission (e.g. the Japanese team swaps out their Daphne for the original, or the alien team borrows the original Shaggy and sends theirs with another team). No one cares if a particular AU team is comprised of only black members, and in fact it helps sell the idea that this is the same team from a completely different universe. To reiterate, the Scooby gang does not need tokens!
Of course, the real key to making a good Scooby-Doo show is simple:
Absolutely NO virtue signaling!
It won't kill you to simply tell good stories with good humor and beloved characters. In fact, you'll probably find people actually love your work. If you do it right, audiences might even start begging for a spin-off focusing on one of the guest teams.
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Last Week before Halloween2022!
Check out my Halloween Characters on My Redbubble!
The whole site has a 30% off order sale, so why not go and give me, and a few other independent artist a few sales as a frightfully fun trick treat?
Visit the shop, of find links to each design below:
Frankenstein - Frankie-Chan - Red Riding P1 - Red Riding P2
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