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After the Kapoors will Nate Kinski be a Success? NEIGHBOURS
The Kapoor's stint on Neighbours barely lasted a year before they were apparently axed.
Australian audiences are more Conservative than here in the UK and it is well documented that the Actors who played Priya and Ajay received negative feedback due to their race. Neighbours have now introduced Nate Kinski to the cast played by Meyne Wyatt the shows first regular character of Aboriginal origin and on top of that Nate is also gay which is a really big step for Neighbours- a gay character who is native Australian. The big question is will he survive longer than the Kapoors did? |
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At least Neighbours are trying!!
You wouldnt get it on H & A |
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At least Neighbours are trying!!
You wouldnt get it on H & A Why does H & A not want an LGBT or non white character? |
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You make it sound like Australia are some racist nation. I doubt the colour of his skin will really matter either way whether he's a popular character or not.
Chris's boyfriends are usually wet and Chris himself is such a drama queen I'm already skeptical about Nate, but I'll give him a shot. |
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You make it sound like Australia are some racist nation. I doubt the colour of his skin will really matter either way whether he's a popular character or not.
Chris's boyfriends are usually wet and Chris himself is such a drama queen I'm already skeptical about Nate, but I'll give him a shot. |
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The Kapoors didn't last long because they were boring characters with no personalities, nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
I agree with Pete Callan I'm already skeptical of Nate and that's down to Chris whenever Chris is given a love interest storyline I find myself skipping through his scenes. Chris' relationship woes are always so tedious. |
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I have always liked Chris.
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I always thought Priya had the most potential, and the one with the most personality.
I think the Kapoors failed b/c they were written as inoffensive as possible to the point of being personality free and boring. Susan Bower introduced them at a snails pace (to appease viewers), so viewers never really got a chance to see them interact as a family unit before Priya was thrown into an affair with Paul. It's kinda ironic that they got rid of the Kapoors (and Lucas & Vanessa) to make way for two new nuclear families, yet ended up replacing the Kapoors with the equally dull, and maybe more annoying Turner family. Over a year later, and I still read posts about Matt being boring and Amber the drip. Not sure it was a fair trade, but on the plus, without the Turners we would never have had the awesome Paige, But I digress. As for Nate, I'm going to reserve judgement. On paper he sounds like he has potential. I hope he and Chris will play out better than Chris & Aidan/Hudson/Will. |
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From what I've heard, the actor playing Nate is in the wrong profession.
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From what I've heard, the actor playing Nate is in the wrong profession.
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I always thought Priya had the most potential, and the one with the most personality.
I think the Kapoors failed b/c they were written as inoffensive as possible to the point of being personality free and boring. Susan Bower introduced them at a snails pace (to appease viewers), so viewers never really got a chance to see them interact as a family unit before Priya was thrown into an affair with Paul. It's kinda ironic that they got rid of the Kapoors (and Lucas & Vanessa) to make way for two new nuclear families, yet ended up replacing the Kapoors with the equally dull, and maybe more annoying Turner family. Over a year later, and I still read posts about Matt being boring and Amber the drip. Not sure it was a fair trade, but on the plus, without the Turners we would never have had the awesome Paige, But I digress. As for Nate, I'm going to reserve judgement. On paper he sounds like he has potential. I hope he and Chris will play out better than Chris & Aidan/Hudson/Will. |
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As others have said the Kapoors were boring. I never saw them have any chemistry as a family. They were axed for the Turners who are an improvement thanks to their connection to Lou even though they hired bad actors to play Matt and Mason.
I think Nate is interesting and it sounds like he's going to have a story of his own. It's just a big shame they are rushing him off to be paired with Chris. |
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Neighbours never cast because of someone's ethnic background. It doesn't matter if you are black or white, if you fit the role then they will give you it. I just wish producers would bare that in mind when casting over here. It just seems ethnic characters are put in soaps for arguments sake and are never properly cast. Dexter for example, he was just purely hired for ethnicity and not for acting skills.
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I have always liked Chris.
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The Kapoors didn't last long because they were boring characters with no personalities, nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
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I did get the impression that Richard Jasek cast the Kapoors to prove a point - Neighbours wasn't afraid to introduce characters of other races then wrote them poorly, basically made them a plot device to show a human side to Paul (namely he actually loved Priya) and quickly axed them when they got negative feedback. Priya was by far the strongest of the three but was killed off, even though Ajay and Rani weren't as great they weren't bad characters
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Nate is slowly warming to me, he clearly cares about Chris and producers have not made a song and dance about his sexuality. The talk he had with Susan today gave us more information on why Nate is angry.
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I loved the Kapoors, all of them.
I think Nate needs a Sister. |
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I have heard he was a Soldier.
Thinking that I may well have missed something initially, when Nate first arrived - is he a long-lost brother or cousin of Susan's step-kids (imagining he is due to the same surname?) If someone has the answer to this one that'd be great - i must've just missed the point in time when this was explained specifically on-screen & I haven't seen it being dealt with or explained in any way, having watched the show in the time, since Nate's initial arrival. Thanks very much ![]()
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Nate is the son of Susan's ex-husband's brother - it's explained in this video at 3:40
![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=635gq7RBucQ I love Nate. I think it's quite rare on Neighbours that a new character has lots of secrets and has a lot of emotional baggage that we see right from the start. I love that he's been paired with Chris as well and they work really well together. I'm so glad he's talking to Susan about everything as well. I think and very much hope that Nate will be a success and be on the show for a long time. |
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Nate is the son of Susan's ex-husband's brother - it's explained in this video at 3:40
![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=635gq7RBucQ I love Nate. I think it's quite rare on Neighbours that a new character has lots of secrets and has a lot of emotional baggage that we see right from the start. I love that he's been paired with Chris as well and they work really well together. I'm so glad he's talking to Susan about everything as well. I think and very much hope that Nate will be a success and be on the show for a long time. So suppose, yes based on that as I'd surmised, with Nate being the son of Susan's ex-husband's brother, then Nate is in fact Rachel & Zeke's cousin, as well as being Susan's "step-nephew" - so another addition to her brood haha which can't be bad (another surrogate Kennedy). Nice video - glad to have heard it explained. Yes, and am thinking the same - i do quite like Nate too as all the baggage stuff makes him a fascinating character. He should be having some interesting storylines - it looks that way, anyway with both the Chris & Susan dynamics. Should be good
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Kudos to Neighbours, Chris has been a great character.
Why does H & A not want an LGBT or non white character? |
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Andy Barrett on Home and Away is clearly not "white"
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I think Nate's backstory is interesting as it fleshes his character.
I applaud Neighbours for this and for bringing in a regular love interest for Chris. Neighbours is doing far more than Home and Away in terms of LGBT representation. |
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I think Nate's backstory is interesting as it fleshes his character.
I applaud Neighbours for this and for bringing in a regular love interest for Chris. Neighbours is doing far more than Home and Away in terms of LGBT representation.
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