Posted on 01/28/2011 12:00:11 PM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
Remember Katie Couric's insipid suggestion that Americans needed a Muslim version of The Cosby Show to help us get over our seething Islamophobia? It earned derision in the blogosphere for its condescending view of the country as a hive of bigotry and its refusal to give the Islamic world any share of the blame for Islamic image problems, but PopEater reports that the idea is picking up steam among Muslims in the television industry:
"We want to see a typical Arab-American family that is just like every other family in America," said Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah, who has developed a pilot for Comedy Central. "Television has had the ability to demonize Muslims and Arabs, but we realize that it also has the ability to humanize us."Couric's suggestion might not be as radical or as far off as her critics decried. In fact, Muslim-American writers say that broadcast and cable networks are starting to be more receptive to scripts prominently featuring both Arabs and practitioners of Islam. A decade-removed from the September 11th terrorist attacks, television may finally be ready to portray Muslim-Americans as more than terrorists and taxi cab drivers.
"Hollywood would definitely embrace a Muslim 'Cosby Show' with one caveat: It would have to be really good. It's the one factor that has linked shows about minorities like the 'Cosby Show' or even 'Will & Grace.' Currently, I believe Americans are open to any minority as long as the show speaks to universal human truths and makes them laugh," said Muslim-American Hollywood television and movie producer Tariq Jalil, the executive producer of the comedy 'Marmaduke.' [Emphasis added.]
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Now that’s funny.
Wos. What a riot that would be, those crazy mooslems are so hilarious. What a hoot.
Will they be showing woman beatings and killings, killing the kids and other sorts of brutality? Rape and piloging maybe!
Wow. What a riot that would be, those crazy mooslems are so hilarous. What a hoot.
We had a thread a few years ago with suggestions for shows for a new Muslim TV network.
My favorite was “Leave it to Cleaver.”
Que the laugh track.
Husband: "Just wear the black burhka it has a thinning effect."
Que the laugh track.
Quite a few successful entrepreneurs say that one characteristic of a promising business idea is that it has to sound crazy to most people.
That goes to the heart of the issue, doesn't it.
That was an American family, albeit a wealthy one, of Lebanese descent. Close enough to Arab so as not to matter (back then.)
It was not a typical Arab-anything family. Makes a huge difference.
NOTHING demonizes muslims more than their own murdering words and actions worldwide --- daily.
For those who may not have seen this hilarious muslim...
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