On April 7, 2023, So far, so good landed on Netflix. Unfortunately, the series directed by Nawell Madani and Simon Jablonka was not unanimous among subscribers to the video on demand service. Not content with the representation of the Arab community in the French series, the 39-year-old comedian came under heavy criticism.
Guest of Mouloud Achour in the show Click this Thursday, April 13, 2023, the companion of Djebril Didier Zonga reacted to the controversy around the show. Hurt by those who accuse her of “to further stigmatize” life in the estates, LouEzna’s mother did not mince words.
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“It’s up to us to show diversity”
“My intention was noble”she first explained before continuing: “I wanted to talk about neighborhood girls who fight. We have to confront characters with situations. When this woman educates this girl, she has to be difficult so that we show the clash of values, the clash of cultures and generations. Proud of her latest project, Nawell Madani believes she has brilliantly represented all communities. “I put a veiled, radiant woman. An invalid girl. Yasmina’s children who are overweight. I cast people we don’t usually see in the picture.”
A successful mission for the one who recently spoke on the mental load since a veiled woman thanked her outright. “She said to me, ‘Just that this woman chose her faith…because we convey so much the fact that a woman, she had her veil imposed on her and everything…Let her be free and fight for his daughter, you won me over because I recognized myself’.” Finally, the filmmaker also spoke about the controversy surrounding Paola. “We also had feedback on the fact that I chose Paola who is Cape Verdean and Italian to play the role of a young North African, I want to say, we must also set an example. We are happy when you see Lyna Khoudri playing Constance in The Three Musketeers. Me, when I see an Omar Sy playing a Lupin, I don’t say to myself: ‘But basically, isn’t he white?’ It’s up to us to show the diversity”. That is what is said!
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“It’s up to us to show diversity.” – #NawellMadani responds to criticism on his series So far so good, number 1 in the world on Netflix.#So far, so good#Netflix#Watching@NetflixFR@canalpluspic.twitter.com/xDMIfcWunH
— CLIQUE (@cliquev) April 13, 2023