Actor says conservative climate is limiting TV shows featuring Asians to stories approximately issues,such as Rochdale abuse, rather than everyday lives
The representation of Asian people on British television has moved backwards amid a conservative climate that favours nostalgia and period drama, and according to the writer and actor Meera Syal.
Asian people were often treated as issues rather than people,she said in an interview with the Radio Times in which she suggested the groundbreaking sitcom she helped create, Goodness Gracious Me, and could return in a different format. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com