Will ‘Prada 2’ Be More ‘Maverick’ than ‘Malcolm?’

Life’s still not fair for not-so-young Malcolm. Or for many fans of the original series. Frankie Muniz’s beloved character from Fox’s “Malcolm in the Middle” is back. The four-part Hulu revival, subtitled “Life’s Still Unfair,” reunites most of the show’s original cast, including Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek. The new story features elements you’d likely not expect during the show’s early-2000s heyday. In a word … woke. That includes the core family’s youngest child, Kelly. The character is played by non-binary actor Vaughan Murrae and Kelly uses they/them pronouns. Malcolm’s old chum Stevie (Craig Lamar Traylor) is back, but now he’s gay and in a committed interracial relationship with another man. The show originally portrayed Stevie as being straight. Ignoring repeated stor