Sunday, December 16, 2007

...Ms Jones H/W on Asian Stereotypes...

I looked at a clip from LITTLE BRITAIN


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxXGNSx4CBc (CLIP FROM 2.15MINS ONWARDS)

  • The Dialect is not strong, pronounciation is not clear. Having a "freshie tone" "Fish & Chips"
  • Typical indian women, dressed in a Sari.
  • Wearing Gold jewllery/some sort of jewllery. Shows married women. Gold being typical.
  • Subverting own national dish. We expect her to say some indian dish because she seems traditional and shows she supports her culture by wearing certain props but instead she brings it down, by saying "Fish and Chips", we would not really expect that.
    On the other hand if an modern asian girl/women sitting there wearing western clothing and saying an Asian dish would seem odd, i would expect something like Continental.
  • Asians are associated with Curry

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