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Old 14-02-2007, 18:22
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What I really think EastEnders needs right now is a big female based family. Like what the Slaters were in a way.

I think they should introduce 4 sisters and 1 mother. To make it different I think all should be Indian.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:23
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I know. I mean the only recent family we've had are The Foxes. And they are all blokes!
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:25
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Originally Posted by kyri
I know. I mean the only recent family we've had are The Foxes. And they are all blokes!

The Foxes have been ruined since they paired them up with the Wicks.

There hasn't really been a proper family join the show in a while as all have been connected to another family some how.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:31
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Originally Posted by Sunflower Seed
The Foxes have been ruined since they paired them up with the Wicks.

There hasn't really been a proper family join the show in a while as all have been connected to another family some how.
We've only just had, Wicks, Foxes and Branning's

Also the rebuilding of other families. We don't really need another clan until later in the year at least.

Their are rumours that their will be a new family in the Summer to replaces the Fowlers.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:35
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A carbon copy of the Slaters would recieve alot of backlash me thinks.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:38
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Not an Indian family!!!!!

EE has always struggled writing for Ethnic familys (Especially Indian Familys) even when the show was flying high, they seem to treat them different and every storyline they get is either Race related or really really boring.

The writers they have there at the moment aren't capable of bringing in a new family i dont think.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:40
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Originally Posted by Jamesessex69
Not an Indian family!!!!!

EE has always struggled writing for Ethnic familys (Especially Indian Familys) even when the show was flying high, they seem to treat them different and every storyline they get is either Race related or really really boring.

The writers they have there at the moment aren't capable of bringing in a new family i dont think.

What an insult to Ethnics.

I don't see the Fox family or the Truemans being binned off.

Plus EastEnders has had several good real Indian familes before, the Karims and the Kapoors were great additions and stayed the realistic amount of time most Indian familes would in a certain area.

And another thing, The Ferreira's never had one storyline about their race.

You as a white person don't have the right to say Ethnic's should not be introduced.

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Old 14-02-2007, 18:50
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Originally Posted by Jamesessex69
Not an Indian family!!!!!

EE has always struggled writing for Ethnic familys (Especially Indian Familys) even when the show was flying high, they seem to treat them different and every storyline they get is either Race related or really really boring.

The writers they have there at the moment aren't capable of bringing in a new family i dont think.

i bet your a white person saying this i think the writing for the fox and trueman famlys is spot on and nothing to do with the clourrr of there skin the ferarra werent even that bad it was bad acting that killed them
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:50
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Originally Posted by Sunflower Seed
What an insult to Ethnics.

I don't see the Fox family or the Truemans being binned off.

Plus EastEnders has had several good real Indian familes before, the Karims and the Kapoors were great additions and stayed the realistic amount of time most Indian familes would in a certain area.

And another thing, The Ferreira's never had one storyline about their race.

You as a white person don't have the right to say Ethnic's should not be introduced.
How is that insulting..? I happen to agree that EE has not always handled ethnic families well... I think the poster simply meant that ethnic families should be introduced when the writing improves and doesn't need to rely on stereotypes.

I's rather them wait and introduce an ethnic family with sensitivity and a decent backstory than c*ck up another family like they did with the Ferreira's.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:56
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Originally Posted by Andyscouser
How is that insulting..? I happen to agree that EE has not always handled ethnic families well... I think the poster simply meant that ethnic families should be introduced when the writing improves and doesn't need to rely on stereotypes.

I's rather them wait and introduce an ethnic family with sensitivity and a decent backstory than c*ck up another family like they did with the Ferreira's.
Well I don't think any of EastEnders past Asian characters have been sterotypes. I'm a Pakistani living in England for 26 years and can say the Ferreira's were actually quite realistic for the modern British Indian.

I didn't like the way that post was worded. If your an Ethnic you would take offense to it.
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:59
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Originally Posted by Sunflower Seed
What an insult to Ethnics.

I don't see the Fox family or the Truemans being binned off.

Plus EastEnders has had several good real Indian familes before, the Karims and the Kapoors were great additions and stayed the realistic amount of time most Indian familes would in a certain area.

And another thing, The Ferreira's never had one storyline about their race.

You as a white person don't have the right to say Ethnic's should not be introduced.
Oh get of your soap box.

My point is that the way ethnic familys are brought in in EE are often very badly thought out and are just brought in to say "Look we have an indian / black family" and often they are given such cliche storylines.

Just sums up some people now that a comment like this is apparently "racist".
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Old 14-02-2007, 18:59
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Originally Posted by kyri
I know. I mean the only recent family we've had are The Foxes. And they are all blokes!
Erm.....no, they are all women
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:00
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im black and the fox and truemans are not there to appear balck as you put it i think their really good characters and thats what it should be about characters ntohing else
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:04
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I think they need to bring in more guys not girls.
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:05
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Originally Posted by Rysen
I think they need to bring in more guys not girls.
That is so sexist!!!!
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:05
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i agree their is enough girls bring on some fit guys
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:13
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I agree, if anything Eastenders needs more male characters. I hope they bring in a large family soon, they don't really have to be black or asian, but the Fowlers' departure has left a void that needs to be filled.

Eastenders should take a leaf out of Hollyoaks' book, they should slowly integrate the new family into the community the same way they introduced the McQueen family. EE seem to have a habit of giving every character a grand entrance and a big storyline as soon as they arrive. I don't know about anyone else but it usually puts me off the character straight away.

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Old 14-02-2007, 19:13
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Originally Posted by Jamesessex69
That is so sexist!!!!
No it's not haha. They need more boys.
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:31
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Originally Posted by Sunflower Seed
Well I don't think any of EastEnders past Asian characters have been sterotypes. I'm a Pakistani living in England for 26 years and can say the Ferreira's were actually quite realistic for the modern British Indian.

I didn't like the way that post was worded. If your an Ethnic you would take offense to it.
Surely the fact you say "an ethnic" is a bit of a strange way of putting it... it's like me saying "if you're a gay" or "if you're a disabled"

I wasn't meaning to sound aggressive, and as i'm not "an ethnic" I have no real idea whether the Ferreira's were considered realistic or not, but I was defending the posters choice of language which seems no worse than yours.
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:48
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Originally Posted by Lucky Bamboo
i bet your a white person saying this i think the writing for the fox and trueman famlys is spot on and nothing to do with the clourrr of there skin the ferarra werent even that bad it was bad acting that killed them
Actually, The actors are actually really good, if you had seen them in other things then you would understand that.

It was the scripting that let them down, poor characteristics, stories and the departure of Dan. If he had stayed I think they would have been one of the biggest families since the Slaters Arrival.

The original idea was for Adi to come out as gay, Ash's wife to make an apperance, Pushupa (SP) to join the cast on a semi-regular basis and for the kids to kill Dan and cover it up! So the immigration problem was what caused trouble for the family. And also bad rescripting.
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:52
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They need some normal familys with nobody in prison or otherwise estranged. No guilty secrets or affairs, just a normal everyday family. I'm sure they could get into all the usual scrapes but it's so cliche and predictible when new people who turn up with hidden pasts that come out far too soon.
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Old 14-02-2007, 19:59
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Originally Posted by Sunflower Seed
Well I don't think any of EastEnders past Asian characters have been sterotypes. I'm a Pakistani living in England for 26 years and can say the Ferreira's were actually quite realistic for the modern British Indian.

I didn't like the way that post was worded. If your an Ethnic you would take offense to it.


Id hope the average British Indian if given the opportunity would act better than any of the actors who played the Ferreiras.The young girl was reasonable,but all the Ferreira males were hopeless.Especially the abysmal Adi.


personally i'd like to see a Chinese family in one of the soaps
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Old 14-02-2007, 20:04
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I vote for Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke to go in Eastenders. Miss them on me telly.
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Old 14-02-2007, 20:07
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If anything, I think EE needs a male-based family. A single dad family would be good. I know this is how the Wicks family started off, but they went and ruined that by bringing the mum into it and saying Kevin wasn't their real dad after all
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Old 14-02-2007, 21:39
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What about a normal 2 parent family, maybe a large close knit catholic one or something with predominantly male children, some still living at home some not.
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