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My wife and I saw the trailer last night and came to exactly the same conclusion.
From the trailer it looks dire and I doubt we will bother to watch.
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They showed in on BBC Breakfast the other morning, had the guy on, didn't look up to much to me either from the clips they showed. Quote:
Is that Gita from Eastenders?...
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I've been looking forward to this. The Mr Khan, pillar of the community, featured in Bellamy's People was a great character.
Unfortunately, the more I see of the trailers the more I fear that they've decided to ruin it by concentrating on his family life. Strong wife. Contemptuous daughters. We've seen it all before. ![]() Ah well. I'll give it a go. |
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Muslim 'comedy' programmes now eh. More evidence of the Islamisation of Britian?
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Safe to say on the evidence of three minutes, this will not be renewed. Turned it off.
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Oh dear, that is all I can stay. The father reminds me of the father in East is East in the way he talks. Also turned off
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I thought this couldn't get any worse, and then the BT cretin appeared. It's truly horrific, I don't think my toes will ever be straight again.
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Muslim 'comedy' programmes now eh. More evidence of the Islamisation of Britian?
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The leftie Guardian readers are not going to like this.....
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The audience who are laughing after every line must have been warmed up well, that's all I'm saying.
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Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
They're reheating all the tropes that GGM subverted... Is it an ethnic reversal of Till Death Us Do Part or summat? |
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This is horrific!
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The leftie Guardian readers are not going to like this.....
This is TERRIBLE! |
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The leftie Guardian readers are not going to like this.....
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It's like white actors doing a REALLY bad stereotype of what they think British/Muslim/Pakistani family life is like. All that overacting...they've all been to the 'Dev from Corrie School of Acting'.
It really is like a 70s sitcom: unfunny and relies too much on lazy characterizations. |
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Absolute garbage.
And I live in Bradford.
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Citizen Kane is shiite
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Never mind "lefties"... how about people who like *good comedy*?
This is TERRIBLE! The accents are awful though. Is it me or is Amjad being played by a white guy faking a mad fusion of Pakistan and Brummie accents ? |
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It's funny in parts. Parking the Merc on the pavement, you can't be a Muslim as you're ginger, parking in a disabled bay and faking a limp and all that.
The accents are awful though. Is it me or is Amjad being played by a white guy faking a mad fusion of Pakistan and Brummie accents ? Edit: sorry, you meant the young man. Yes, it seems so... |
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Citizen Kane is shiite
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If you took away the over the top accents/asian stereotypes, you'd be left with a paper thin plot with very weak comedy. It really is quite poor.
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When he keeps "hawking" I wonder if the writers have been watching Ain't Half Hot Mum as Rangi always used to do that too.
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God, so much negativity. Each to their own I suppose.
I quite like it. It has had some funny lines. |
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I'm in two minds. There have been some very funny moments, but some of it is awkward. Plus, there would be more Brummie in their accents really.
![]() Nice to see Geeta from Eastenders return, though.
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Pity it's rubbish, the acting itself is good but the accents over the top and audience laughter every second spoiling it...
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