I adored I dream of Jeannie.. But It is still an example of "whitewashing" since they used a white actor to play a character who should technically be an Arab. So even if she is a reference to the show, the whole whitewashing thing still applies :/
Yep, thank you for saying it
I have nothing against the show, I loved it when I was a kid and they showed reruns of it on German TV. I just don't like how they (Mattel) maneuvered around the fact that this character should technically be a person of color. I just don't get why they couldn't make her darker. Dark purple or pink could have worked just as well for the character, if not better.