Thursday, January 24, 2008

Miss Jones work

Masood Family - Eastenders

In July 2007 the Masood family made their first appearance in Eastenders, currently the only Muslim family in Albert Square.
The family consists of Zainab, Shabnam, Masood Ahmed and Tamwar.
Zainab - Strong willed and a tough businesswoman who owns a string of post offices. She comes across direct and can be intimidating
However her daughter Shabnam - seems to be more outgoing as she goes clubbing with friends when she told her mother that she was going to be babysitting. But even though her dad found out about this he did not seem to bothered but told her to be more careful. Since she has been more open about her social life with her mum.

The introduction of more ethnic minority characters is part of producer Diederick Santer's plan to "diversify", to make EastEnders "feel more 21st century". EastEnders was heavily criticised by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), for not representing the East End's real "ethnic make-up". Furthermore, it was suggested that an element of stereotyping surrounded many of the minority characters in EastEnders.
After being heavily criticised the BBC have attempted to bring in another Asian family, who will last longer in the square as the Ferreira family ( previous Asian family in Eastenders) were seen as unrealistic by the Asian community.

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