Yeah, the title is enough to make me not want to keep watching it, but I can say that I’ve watched the first episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie. I’m not taken by it, but it is just the first episode of the series.
Once we can get past all the terrorist jokes, people in the town claiming that all these people are terrorists, and something else about stereotyping Muslims being linked to terrorism, this show might be good. It’s too early to tell.
To tell you the truth, I felt like I was watching something on PBS back in the states. It’s like a Canadian version of a British sitcom, if that makes any sense. Blatant humor with elements of being subtle, but not as hugely funny as I find many British sitcoms.
Like I said, at least I can say I saw it. The U.S. media seems to be up in arms over it more than the Canadian side, but maybe that’s just the effect that living in Vancouver has done to me. There’s so much diversity here that it just seems commonplace to me anymore.
Don’t know if I’ll make too much more of an effort to pay attention to Little Mosque on the Prairie from here on out.
Is this a poor attempt at The Kumars at No. 42?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/k/kumarsatno42the_66602080.shtml
The Kumars was very funny…and a great self-depreciating form of comedy. But it grew stale over a period of time. My wife and I laughed out loud at the show and then we would ask the question, ‘would the Mexican’s ever do a show about themselves in this manner?’
Never. American’s have become too afraid to laugh at themselves and others.
You know, coming from a half-Mexican heritage myself, I can tell you for a fact that my family would love a sitcom that would take on that type of angle. I’m not sure that it would be taken too lightly in the states, but there have been lots of movies like that.
A Million to Juan is a great example of this. I found it for $5 on DVD. Good stuff.
I’m trying to get John on the Ugly Betty bandwagon but it just ain’t working.
No way, no how.