Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Question 2 - Stereotypes of an Asian Man

In this question we are looking at the stereotypes of an asian man in media, due to attacks on America and London in the general media there are harsh stereotypes on asian men, I personally have seen enough of this as i am a British born Pakistani, Extremists, Terrorists and association with such groups are now in the narrow minds of many citizens who beleive we are all of the same kind. Personally i despise people where involved in the attacks on America and London, due to them many think of us the same, stereotypes that we are all extreme, that we all are in favour of the damage and precious lives that where taken.
In 2011 a movie was released called My Name is Khan, this movie i personally beleive did alot for muslims as it was a movie made on the events of 9/11 and involved the hardships of a muslim living in the United States and how he strived even at times of hardship to help others.




This movie included the attitudes of people before and after the events of 9/11, the dramatic difference and a muslims reaction towards people even after he was treated like he was dirt.
Films like this show how muslims asian men do not all fit under the hasty stereotype in many minds.
in our piece of film we don't touch on any of this as its an opening to a horror, i personally feel it shows  a complete different side to asians teenagers, we have not created a piece that when spoken of people would think its of us to have created. The one link between our main piece and My Name is Khan is in the movie, the main actor, Sharukh Khan has autism, many people in the film mistake this and this he has something wrong with him, the difference is in our main piece the possession the character is under is not fully explained.





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