The art of the reboot is unappealing enough on its own, but add in these aspects of racial and ethnic prejudice and these bad designs become something that might be genuinely anger-inducing - if the show were still running. The colorism on display in these redesigns is extremely blatant. The biggest faux pas for fans regarding Netflixs Magic School Bus Rides Again series is the animation redesign. Frizzle's distinctive fashion sense from the original further contributes to a lack of personality in the reboot.Įven more egregious are the changes made to the designs of the Black students Keisha and Tim, whose skin was significantly lightened and, in Tim's case, had their hair texture changed. While Valerie is relatively recognizable when she appears in the new series, her features have still been softened. Fiona's design, in contrast, feels like it's been genericized to typical Anglo beauty standards. I miss former Magic School Bus character Phoebe Terese who got replaced by a new character on the new reboot of Magic School Bus Rides Again has shocked alot of fans back in 2017 of the first episode mentioned by Arnold Perlstein her former crush, has confirmed she went back to her old school she. In particular, many Jewish people have pointed out that Valerie in the original series was one of the rare cartoon women with curly hair and a large nose who isn't portrayed negatively. RELATED: Disney's DuckTales Reboot Was Inspired By Chris Claremont's X-Men These criticisms are fair in their substance, but why people suddenly getting worked up about this dead reboot?It appears as if this attending topic started with a viral tweet from user contrasting the original cartoon's design for Valerie Frizzle with the design of her sister Fiona Frizzle from the reboot, with the caption 'idk how to explain it but the new ms frizzle is homophobic.' Charges of homophobia are obviously a joke (Fiona is voiced by lesbian Kate McKinnon, and Valerie's out voice actor Lily Tomlin reprised her role in the reboot), but this viral tweet started leading to more serious criticisms. People are harshly criticizing the character designs from the 2017-2018 series The Magic School Bus Rides Again series.

Just like the Magic School Bus itself, it appears Twitter has the ability to travel through time, as suddenly the Netflix reboot of The Magic School Bus has become a trending topic of controversy three years since its cancelation.

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