The three broadcast fiction texts that i have chosen to do is Goodness Gracious Me, East is East and Silver street. I have chosen these three aspects of media, as they all share similarities through the representation of Asians. Goodness Gracious Me and Silver Street both are or where broadcasted by the BBC, on radio and TV. The humour that coincides with all the shows, rises from how Asians act or speak, which indicates that the Asian community are no longer insecure about their culture or views, and that they can have laugh and joke about them.
East is East- It is set in a mixed-race household with a Pakistani father and a British mother in Salford, in 1971. George Khan (played by Om Puri), the father, expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani ways, but his children, who were born and raised in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general. This is were the comedy arises from, as we see how the children try avoid being typical Asian children.
Silver street- Silver Street is a radio soap opera, the first such to be aimed at the British South Asian community, and is broadcast on the BBC Asian Network. The storylines focus on the lives of a primarily British South Asian community in an English town of unspecified name and location, with themes generally related to issues that affect the daily lives of British South Asians and their neighbours.
Goodness Gracious Me- Goodness Gracious Me is probably one of Britain's best comedies and it's a shame it only aired for a couple of seasons. The show was comprised of sketches portraying a humorous take on Indian culture in the UK, poking fun at both Asians and British alike without causing offense. The four performers of the show- Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir and Nina Wadia- all threw themselves into their various roles, bringing their outlandish characters to life and clearly had much fun doing so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFL0w1ruiCM
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