What ‘Scooby Doo' taught me about the riddle of identity
Jennifer Finney Boylan is president of PEN America. Her newest book is 'Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us.'
Thanks in part to 'Wayne's World,' most everyone knows what a 'Scooby-Doo' ending is: One of the gang — usually Fred — says something like, 'Let's see who the monster really is!' and removes the villain's mask. As his true identity is revealed, the other members of the gang — Velma, or Daphne, or Shaggy — says something like, 'Why it's old man Withers, the guy who runs the haunted amusement park!'
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