:inquisitive: Heartwarming to see that PJ and Navaros are in agreement- seeing as how both complain that the show is going to depict muslims politically correct :inquisitive:
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:inquisitive: Heartwarming to see that PJ and Navaros are in agreement- seeing as how both complain that the show is going to depict muslims politically correct :inquisitive:
I am not entirely prepared to agree with that statement. :gah2:
I love the CBC. :yes:
CBC television and radio are the best protectors of democracy in this country.
But they don't appreciate it when one of their on-air personalities makes a soft-core porn movie. :laugh4:
I have to disagree with you there.Quote:
Originally Posted by PanzerJager
This is not a new formula. There have been many shows that derive their comedic value from the clashes between the old culture of the immigrants and their adopted new culture, and I can even think of some that I thought were quite funny and worth seeing: Bend It Like Beckham and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, to name a couple. Heck, even The Beverly Hillbillies would fall into the same genre.
From the previews I have seen of this show, it appears to be a cross between My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Corner Gas. Looks pretty funny.
The clip they showed on the CBC youtube thing made me laugh.
If it's funny, so what? Unless they start preaching Wahhabism - and it doesn't look like that - what's wrong?
Any clash of civilizations isn't going to be won by constantly hating Muslims - it's going to be won by having integration by Muslims (those in the west) into the west.
Crazed Rabbit
I just watched the first episode of this so as I may properly criticize it for the benefits of this thread.
First few minutes of the show have alleged Muslim women whispering to each other in a Mosque during service about how much they love the show "Desperate Housewives" after the old Imam criticsizes it as part of the service. Clearly Desperate Housewives - a fornication, adultery and promiscuity-based show that is created by a homosexual - is not a show that any Koran-believing Muslim would enjoy.
All the White people on the show are extremely stupid caricatures who constantly blame the Muslims for plotting terrorism even though the Muslims on this show do not actually believe what is in the Koran at all. This is not done in an intelligent way. It is done in an asinine way that reminds you constantly it's just a TV show, as no White person in reality would ever act even remotely like that. Don't get me wrong, I understand that Muslims get falsely accused of terrorism all the time, but this show exaggerates that to the point of absurdity. Ie: While the new "Imam" is being interrogated by two White police officers, he tells a stupid unfunny joke that they don't laugh at and then he motions with his hand over his own head and they say: "What is that, a signal?" even though they are in a closed room that no one else could possibly see into. In this scene the officer standing behind the sitting "Imam" also goes for his gun when the unarmed "Imam" moves a little bit in his chair.
The main star of the show is supposed to be "a progressive (read: liberal who agrees with secular humanism and it not faithful to his Muslim Holy Book) new Imam". He very much resembles a really bad standup comedian, and in no way resembles an Imam. He is also way too young for the role, he looks like he is 18. Very bad actor, too, as are most of the actors and actresses on this show.
The old Imam is painted as comical character who is being shoved out simply because he actually believes what the Koran says.
The show very clearly has an agenda to paint Muslims in a way in which they are completely onboard with and part of secular humanist culture. Whilst that will please "society at large", in my view this is a great dishonor to Muslims and what true Muslims stand for.
Because this show does not truly reflect Muslim beliefs, there is no reason for this show to cause either buzz or controversy. Other than among Koran-believing Muslims who object to how it it inaccurately reflects what being a Muslim entails.
I found the show to be completely asinine and totally unfunny. Although I also find "Seinfeld" and other popular sitcoms to be likewise asinine and completely unfunny, so mileage of "funnyness" may vary for those with lower humor standards.
I fell asleep while watching it. (The kids woke me up to tuck them in. That's kind of odd now that I think about it.)
The again, I'm like grampa Simpson, I can fall asleep right in the middle of typing a se...
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Navaros may have a point about stereotypes on the show. On their site they had summaries for characters and the only conservative, whom they liken to Rush Limbaugh, is a bigot and racist.
Crazed Rabbit
If political correctness is simply an attempt to color the perceptions of reality and you dislike that, watching TV in general shouldn't really interest you. Which is why I'm 'puzzled', really, I cannot say what I think w/o getting into trouble, about how a certain TV show would be picked out.
I just saw them state on StarDaily (a dumb Canadian Entertainment Tonight wannabe show) that usually Canadian actors only make $16 000 per year. I presume that amount is in Canadian dollars. That is a truly pathetic salary. They were also talking about how they don't get residuals for the shows being sold on the Internet, as they should since the producers are making money off them.
I guess that is why the acting is so crappy on Little Mosque on the Prairie.
To be fair you haven't really that many types of characters in sitcoms. Stereotypes are used a lot for ease of writing. And in Canada prarie-conservative is a byword for racist-bigot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
Yeah they don't make all that much doing native productions. Which is why most are workaholics. Some, like Little Mosque cast member Carlo Rota, are regulars on 2 TV series. Others are regulars on 1 TV series and do guest spots on many others. Plus something like 60% of the victims, perps, and suspects on the CSI shows are Canadian actors. But since pretty much every original show made by Sci-fi channel, The CW, Lifetime, and other cable networks are shot in and around Vancover BC getting work isn't hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Navaros
I just watched the first episode to be able to say in fairness that it sucked and that statement is untrue. Yasir, the man who rents the Anglican church to be used as a Mosque is "card-carrying Conservative". It is prairieland, after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
I agree with Navaros in that show wasn't funny, but it's a sitcom on a major channel. Of course it's not funny. It's obviously an attempt to build bridges between Christian and Muslim communities in the country, which is all well and good for the mainstream culture because in all fairness, they're more similar to each other, Muslim and Christian alike, than they are to fringe subcultures.
All in all, nothing surprising, nothing worth bothering with...same old, same old, only it openly involves Muslims. That's kind of the point of the whole affair, though.
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Originally Posted by Navaros
I was really following you, but them I read that. If you dont think seinfield is funny then there is no hope for you.
Come on Bandit , give him a chance ....Quote:
I was really following you, but them I read that. If you dont think seinfield is funny then there is no hope for you.
So Navaros , "Life of Brian" funny or not funny ?
I don't find Seinfeld funny either, but then I am Swiss and not in possession of any kind of sense of humour.
Quid
I never found Seinfeld all that funny either.
There's been quite a lot of tv out of the Indian subcontinent here.
And let's not forget East is East, which was quite funny.