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Elons_a_distraction t1_j4dwng6 wrote

Reply to comment by Lidjungle in Mindy Kaling did not create or write Velma. Why is she taking so much heat? by [deleted]

I actually don’t need social commentary is my cartoons. I get enough of it everywhere else.

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Lidjungle t1_j4dz2mz wrote

Oh, it was full of social commentary. I didn't mean to give the impression that the show with the two lesbian cops wasn't trying to make a point - it's just that they did a very poor job with it.

Paradise PD is Juvenile - but it's also not trying to be anything but. They aren't tongue-in-cheek meta analyzing the shower scene and the plight of asian american representation with pretentions of depth.

I wouldn't even have to mention social commentary in the same breath as a cartoon - but Velma very much was making an effort at it. They just failed miserably. It was mean spirited and OLD. Things that were edgy takes in 1997.

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khanfusion t1_j4epka0 wrote

I am pretty sure they haven't made any kind of point about the lesbian cops, except to maybe link all the themes of partnerships. But that's a stretch.

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Lidjungle t1_j4erg7c wrote

Good to know they only played the lesbian cops for laughs then.

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khanfusion t1_j4esztb wrote

They didn't though. Like, there's just two lesbian cop partners who are partners. That's it.

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