Just a couple of quick links
Lance Parkin echoes some of my own concerns about the EDAs and the character of Anji:"...she got lumbered with a backstory involving a dead boyfriend, and that meant that anyone dealing with her character had to deal with that, which put a bit of a downer on things. The Indian background thing... when Colin Brake created her, I'm sure he thought nothing of it, but it's the sort of thing writers love to play with, and so suddenly there's more backstory, but it wasn't terribly well co-ordinated, so she was of both Pakistani and Indian origin, she was from a liberal household that was also religious and strict and so on, and you could almost hear us writers all thinking 'what does her background mean', which is a question with the best motives, but not one we would ever ask if she was Angie Cowper."
The Image of Black Women in Entertainment discusses the narrow, stereotyped roles for Black women in US TV and film.
Finally, I keep forgetting to link to a posting I made in my main LJ back in August: Gender and Race: 3 Things the new Who has got wrong, and 3 it's got right. Your comments welcome.
The Image of Black Women in Entertainment discusses the narrow, stereotyped roles for Black women in US TV and film.
Finally, I keep forgetting to link to a posting I made in my main LJ back in August: Gender and Race: 3 Things the new Who has got wrong, and 3 it's got right. Your comments welcome.