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Old 26-06-2014, 05:11
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BBC Trust has blasted EastEnders – which is of course the corporation’s own soap – for featuring too many white characters,The population of EastEnders also younger than in real life. Read More http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27992387
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Old 26-06-2014, 05:29
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Well they're not wrong there.
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Old 26-06-2014, 07:09
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Oh for god sake!
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:41
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A little over the top considering it's just a fictional soap...
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:45
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This can only be interpreted in one way. They are laying the ground work for the explosive return of #HurricaneFerreiras
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:47
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Oh no, they're younger, whatever will we do???????!!!!!!

It's almost like there are more important things to be worrying about.
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:53
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Being in Ada Fox. She's black and not young
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:54
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The current cast is probably the oldest since 2010 I would think?

If they are planning more ethnic characters, and I think their hand will be forced into introducing more, I really hope they are structured well enough to last. The Hartman's sounded good on paper but on screen were a disaster.

I think we will probably see them introduce more now though. Kim is back in August so maybe her husband will join her. Perhaps he will be black. Maybe they could build a family around him if he has kids.

Its all very well ticking boxes but the characters have also good to be entertaining and likeable.
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Old 26-06-2014, 08:56
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Too young?? I dunno most of the big characters are 40+ ( max, kat, Alfie, Phil, Shirley, Sharon, Carol, Ian etc & that's not forgetting the real oldies like Dot, Patrick, Stan.
They DO have a point on too white though. Is this supposed to reflect real life East End London?? Where are the hipsters & immigrants??
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Old 26-06-2014, 09:04
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The world might be going to Hell in a handcart, but the BBC Trust won't let that deter them from number crunching and sticking to their silly little PC agendas.
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Old 26-06-2014, 09:26
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Oh bog off, its a soap, tis not real.
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Old 26-06-2014, 09:27
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How racist...
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Old 26-06-2014, 09:28
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Why don't they just let the writers decide what characters work for the moment. If they force the writers to introduce more older and racially diverse characters, they're likely to only be token characters. I'd rather the characters created were created for story purposes instead of pandering to politically correct agendas.
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Old 26-06-2014, 09:34
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I'm actually surprised because we do have plenty of "older characters" and I don't think we have that many younger characters. Nowadays older characters get more screentime than the younger characters. We do need more ethnic characters though. But we don't want another Hartman disaster.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:05
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Does any viewer actually care, black or white, why don't they make decent storylining and proper character development priorities instead?
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:11
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Does any viewer actually care, black or white, why don't they make decent storylining and proper character development priorities instead?
My sentiments exactly.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:21
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Does any viewer actually care, black or white, why don't they make decent storylining and proper character development priorities instead?
I think some people do actually.

Some people say that they care about the person's acting ability and that they don't care about an actors ethnicity (in EastEnders) but but Brian True-May the producer of Midsomer Murders said that putting ethnic minority characters into the show "would not work", I'm sure of those same people would agree with him on this issue and in this instance race does matter to them....
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:22
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I thought people watched Midsomer Murders because of the fun and games - ie: whodunnit?, and where have I seen them before?
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:24
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I think some people do actually, hence why they watch Midsomer Murders.
Some people need to get a life.

My sentiments exactly.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:26
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The last black family that was introduced in EE the public practically chased them away with fire. Not because they were black of course but it just goes to show that the public care more about good stories than ethnicity or ethnicitys sake.

The thing that annoys me is that they are acting like EE is racist when they are obviously not.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:27
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EE isn't racist, surely they're using the ethnic minority characters they've got very well. Denise is involved in the big Lucy storyline, Patrick's got a big story coming up etc. It's not as if they're being ignored or sidelined.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:34
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EE isn't racist, surely they're using the ethnic minority characters they've got very well. Denise is involved in the big Lucy storyline, Patrick's got a big story coming up etc. It's not as if they're being ignored or sidelined.
No EastEnders is not racist, the question is whether the show is reflective of the modern East End it's not necessarily about race, nationality or ethnicity. The problem is that race has become the central issue (again) much to the delight of some racists out there ("see I told you the PC brigade moan about trivial things"). Much of the East End has become gentrified, this has also been pointed out and is indeed multicultural in many places.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:36
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Eastenders has to balance representing the East End while appealing to what is still a very white country outside of London. I'm not saying white people won't watch non-white characters BUT I think soaps tend to reflect the general population rather than their own area.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:39
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This can only be interpreted in one way. They are laying the ground work for the explosive return of #HurricaneFerreiras
Not forgetting the best Shirley and her pussy.
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Old 26-06-2014, 12:40
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Eastenders has to balance representing the East End while appealing to what is still a very white country outside of London. I'm not saying white people won't watch non-white characters BUT I think soaps tend to reflect the general population rather than their own area.
That's funny because none of my white friends or family members would object to a programme or go off it because it suddenly became more ethnically diverse. Maybe I'm just friends with and related to a bunch of abnormal freaks?

If race really does not matter (as many claim) then it really doesn't matter if it become more diverse, does it?
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