“..Homeland is brilliant drama. – But does it present a crude image of Muslims?..” (ed:..yes..!..that and ’24′..)

“..The slick US drama, now into its second series on Channel 4 – draws praise from critics and viewers -

- but its ridiculous view of Arabs and Islam is a distortion of Middle Eastern realities..”

(cont..)

(ed:..i tried watching an episode of this..

..and much like that other exercise in muslim-hating..’24′..

..it was those cartoonish-caricatures of arabs/muslims that had me reaching for the channel-changer..

..they were so cheech and chongish in nature..those arab/muslim villains in both homeland and 24..

..in my brief time in both shows..i kept waiting for some seriously-hooded-eyes/muslim moustache-end-twirling..

..and that caricaturing meant that i was unable to still the waves of boredom/indifference to both exercises in american empire agit-prop..)

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Homeland is brilliant drama. But does it present a crude image of Muslims? | Television & radio | The Observer.

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