Comments on: Khan You Dig It?

By: rupahuq

rupahuq — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:31:09 +0000

Oops sorry Robin, thanks for your comments, have fixed that link. Here it is again:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-rupa-huq/citizen-khan-asians-on-the-box_b_1856948.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Am doing a longer academic article on the subject too as part of a “Citizen Khan” special. Will keep you (and everyone else on this) blog posted.

By: Robin Taylor

Robin Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:58:37 +0000

By the way, I couldn’t get your Huffington Post link to work.

By: Robin Taylor

Robin Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:57:39 +0000

Most of my Pakistani friends think it is hilarious, and some of them equate Mr Khan to people they know within their community. On the other hand, one white English (Labour Party) friend regards it as racist. I’m not sure that criticism can really be directed at the programme makers given that some of them are themselves drawn from the Asian community, although one potential problem may be that most of the characters are played by people with Hindu names. I’m not sure it’s an astute observation to make but in one sense it may, in the eyes of the wider audience, serve to humanise a religion whose adherents have been so often demonised.

By: monty

monty — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:48:49 +0000

Just watched a few clips on youtube… Citizen Cringeworthy. For all its many, many flaws at least ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ was reasonably amusing.