The cartoon was strong because the fabric of the show was the members of the Winx Club: their personal challenges, teamwork and support for one another. In addition to these terrible changes, “Fate” either doesn’t know or doesn’t care what friendship is. Netflix can say what they like about valuing diversity, but it’s clear where they put their time and money - in this case, into a bland project that goes out of its way to be less inclusive and compelling than the source material was. While Precious Mustapha was a great casting choice for Aisha, the erasure of the other women of color tokenizes her character, and Mustapha isn’t given enough to work with as Aisha is the only Winx girl who does not get a proper subplot.
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Ostensibly, her inclusion is to incorporate better body diversity - an important and worthwhile change as this is a prominent failing of the cartoon - but someone really should tell Netflix that plus size Latina women exist. In the cartoon, Musa and Flora are coded as East Asian and Hispanic/Latina, respectively, yet Netflix cast two white women to play them in the live action adaptation Although, in Flora’s case, the [show claims she isn’t whitewashed, there’s simply a new character named Terra (Eliot Salt) - who just so happens to have the same powers and personality as Flora. The 2004 “Winx Club” cartoon followed protagonist Bloom and her five friends Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Aisha (known in some dubs as Layla) as they studied at Alfea College for Fairies and fought threats against the world of Magix. In the immortal words of "Mean Girls"' Karen Smith, “Why are you white?” Whitewashing, unlikeable characters and the uninspired inclusion of every teen trope under the moon make Netflix’s new “Fate: The Winx Saga” an insult to the cartoon so many grew up on.Įven before airing, the show faced heavy criticism for its unnecessary changes to the source material.
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