Frizzle’s appearance in The Magic School Bus Rides Again, Netflix’s 2017 reboot of the beloved classic television show. This week, the internet revisited the drastic changes made to Ms. Instead, the reboot isn’t giving audiences anything new: Instead there’s uninspired scenery and characters-and a weirdly sexualized Ms. If the book series and the TV program, which aired on PBS from 1994 to 1997, could offer up a feminist icon, couldn’t the 21st-century revival take those radical roots even further? My jaded bisexual heart fleetingly dreamt up a cool tech-savvy girlfriend for this queer icon of my youth. I wanted the series to be a reprieve from climate change deniers and politicians who weaponize “science” against LGBTQ people. Frizzle, the eccentric teacher with a penchant for magical field trips, sailing back into the classroom to invite a new generation to invest in science.
When news broke that the Magic School Bus would be rebooted, I felt hopeful. Miss Fiona Frizzle, voiced by Kate McKinnon (Photo credit: Netflix)
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