A cameo role from Sadiq Khan and a fleeting reference to Instagram fail to drag this sitcom out of the 1970s. It’s an insult to British MuslimsNow in its fifth series,Citizen Khan will be back on our screens tonight. On its rationale, the show’s creator, and the British Asian Muslim Adil Ray,has explained: “Growing up in a Muslim family in the 1970s and 80s I rarely saw families like ours on TV.”This sounds good up my alley, but I’m afraid what I’ve seen of the modern series again fails to deliver. The show’s parading of borderline racist stereotypes is stuck in a 70s groove. The style of humour belongs several aeons ago. It’s cut from the same comedy cloth as Jim Davidson, and intellect Your Language and Mixed Blessings – all my worst televisual nightmares rolled into one. Related: How deeply entrenched is racial inequality in the UK? | Lola Okolosie,Kehinde Andrews, Diane Abbott, or Onjali Rauf and Liz Fekete Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com