citizen khan

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really? really??

is this supposed to be funny?

I think so!! Amazing really that anyone would think people might find this funny.

I cringed through 10 minutes and gave up. Not funny at all.

We lasted three. Awful

just started watching it on iplayer. Lasted a few mins and couldn't take any more crap acting, stereotyping and complete lack of humour. Would love to know what the consensus is amongst Pakistani Muslims. I think I'd be pretty angry about something that played up to negative stereotyping of my religion and culture. Really yuk.

I found the scene with the Quran very disrespectful.Yes,we should be able to laugh at ourselves.Some parts were really funny,overall very dissapointing and offensive to some muslims.

I didnt watch it, but it was the main character who wrote it all, apparently, so I'm not sure why he didnt use it as a chance to change a lot of the stereotypes, rather than just add to them?

Sit-coms are always about stereotypes.... anything from Little Britain to Dads Army depends on understanding how a character is going to behave almost before they've opened their mouth. I don't have a problem with stereotypes but the whole thing was so old fashioned, stilted and unfunny it was cringeable. Goodness Gracious Me and the Kumars did 'funny people of Asian origin' with far more style and originality and, if anything is crying out to be televised that features more funny Asian people, it's Radio 4's excellent 'Fags, Mags and Bags'

wasn't funny but many other cultures and religions in the UK are up for ridicule so why not the muslim culture/ community (though unfortunately it wasn't funny. And most comedy will be offensive to some - think that's part of the point. I have friends in the Pakistani muslim community and this was soooo tame compared to the stuff they tell me about so thank your lucky stars it was so tame.

Watched the second episode & it was much better than last week. Will keep watching & see if it gets better with time.

WTAF am I watching? really? think I have time slipped about 30 years, what an absolute pile of shite. I don't care if it was written by a Muslim or a freaking alien, it's an offensive, idiotic load of crap.

I have no idea who its meant to appeal to.
None of the Muslims I know (liberal and religious) like it, no one else of any other background I know like it.

Its just rubbish.