Thursday, January 25, 2007
Little Mosque on the Prairie
i ve watched two episodes of this first ever canada-based Muslim comedy.
my opinion is : if u go easy on it, u'll enjoy the show.
take it too seriously (or even moderately serious) u'd be sooo not at ease afterward.
i guess, most middle eastern n asian muslims ( and the SERIOUS hard core) would view this quite negatively.. since they are not used to living in the minority environment perhaps.
but on the other hand the western Muslims + the flexible hardcore might see this as a milestone in their struggle to bridge Islam and the west. i mean, if u want the non Muslims to watch the show( which is aimed for clarifying all the misconceptions and prejudices against Muslims and their religion), u ve got to some points, show that you can blend in their way of life.
there are a lot of wrongdoings in that show i guess. something that'd make u say.. 'err wait a minute.that's not the way it's supposed to be..' . but hey loose up uptight-ers . u cant expect everyone to have it your way all the time aight?at least it is much better than those malay dramas with disco scenes, body hugging tubes and mini skirts. at least this one IS Islamic. after all, u surely don't expect them (the western non-Muslims) to swallow the whole bucket of KFC fried chickens in one go, do you?let them eat the cheesy wedges first, have some ideas of what it's all about, only then should u give them the dinner plate and the drink. and let them finish the bucket barrel at home so that they can digest whatever they've eaten before calmly and accordingly:)
the KFC metaphor must have been due to post-baling syndrome hehe.
## to watch the rest of the show click to this lady's youtube page
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“Little Mosque” depends of offensive stereotypes for its humour.
Also, while at times funny, I do wonder about how “real” the situation is. I once saw a show about how the Nazis made two propaganda films about the conflict between the British and the Irish. The films, at least according to those who were interviewed who had seen them were quite good. The only problem was that the people in the movies were not Irish. What I mean by that was that the culture of the Irish portrayed in the films in no way reflected actual Irish culture as I guess the Germans who wrote, produced, and acted in the movies never took the time to get to understand the traditions and feel of the Irish people. It just wasn’t important to them because in the end it had nothing to do with the Irish. It was as one commentator of the movies said “Germans talking to Germans”.
And that is kind of what I am getting with the “Little Mosque” show. In the end it isn’t really about small town Saskatchewan or Muslim communities living within small town Saskatchewan. In the end what it comes down to is just Liberal Urbanite Canadians talking to Liberal Urbanite Canadians, with their political message being far more important to them than whether or not the situation portrayed reflects a real situation in the country accurately enough.
By the way, why does “The She Mayor” remind me so much of the mayor on South Park?
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