What Do You All Think Of Little Mosque On The Prairie?

It's lite! It's the Canadian Prairies. It could as easily have been Ukrainians or Icelanders. But Muslims are in the news. Let it run, let it run, let it run!

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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
-Max Planck

I personally did not like watching it. It made me feel very uncomfortable. Why, because nearly all the jokes were TRUE! They forcibly detain the imam at the airport because of offhand comments he is making on his cell phone.

He dares them to deport him to Syria (!!) and they sternly tell him 'Hey, WE decide what country we deport you to!'

In another scene, a local calls the terrorist hotline after observing muslims in prayer in the local church.

Maybe muslims are laughing about serious issues like racial stereotyping, bigotry, and huge attacks on innocent Canadian's basic human rights, but I AM NOT.

It's like having a show about a family of jews living in wartime Germany. I know, let's have the fun comedy sketch of Anne Frank! ha ha ha! Mommy, somebody gave me gold star at school today! can I wear it instead of my YELLOW STAR? ha ha ah ha ha ha! Guess what dear, the Goldsteins got hauled off to the cattle cars! We should be first in line to buy their house! Ah ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, my sides are splitting!

Or how about a comedy about Japanese internment in World War II? Hey daddy! The government stole our fishing boat and sold it to the round-eyes! Ha ha ha ha! That's okay, son, I couldn't sell it anyway, it doesn't float! ha ha ha ha ha!

No, although there will be hawk republicans in the US seeing red over this show, I think that a SERIOUS nighttime drama about a group of muslim Canadians trying to just live their lives in peace while being subjected on a daily basis to racism, intimidation, and terrorist baiting by CSIS agents.

NOW THAT would be a ground-breaking, decent show worth watching!

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

<p>You are right (of course) but no one would watch it in numbers that bring in revenues. </p> They'd rather watch <h4><b><i>24</i></b></h4> ..... <p>---<br>"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." <br />
-Max Planck<br />
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Ha ha ha ha ... yeah that's so funny.

How about the one where a group of young Muslim's in Toronto were led on by CSIS/RCMP agents and baited as real life head chopping terrorists out for Harpers head, ha ha ha ha!

And the big bunch line is that the country bought it (they hoped so anyway)!

Man o man, that's so funny, ha ha ha ha.

reargaurd,

Actually at the time, I thought who would sacrafice their lives for a Stephen Harper head? I found it ridiculously funny!

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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

Sgt.

"Humor is also a way of saying something serious."
T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

Why do you think people watch Jon Stewart for their real news?

I can't find the quote I really wanted to use but it goes something like, "If you want to tell someone something they don't want to hear, use humour".


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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

My father was a Torontonian, born and bred, and it was indeed "the centre of the universe". Then he met my Mom (a 'bohunk' from Winnipeg, gone east during the war). Shortly after the war, and trying to find "something better" than being just another Hogtowner, he did the unthinkable and moved west (gasp!), and found out Ukrainians are people, too!

Shortly after that, he re-enlisted in the military, and his first posting was in Quebec, where all those "froggies" live. Shortly after arriving in a place called Senneterre, his best friend for life became the local hotel owner.

Travel within Canada is getting to be a rarity for Canadians. It is far cheaper to go just about anywhere else in the world, except our own country (a deliberate policy of segregation as far as I am concerned). But whenever it happens, on anything more than an "if this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium" whirlwind, myths and preconceptions are invariably shattered, and our culteral mosaic becomes more firmly cemented together.

Programs such as Little Mosque On The Prairie are a poor substitute for our insufficiency of intra-national travel accommodations, but anything that gives us a glimpse of how others live in this country of ours is a good thing (Martha Stewart) and the right thing to do (Wilfred Brimley).

And for that reason alone, the powers that be will seek some way of cancelling this program..........

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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
-Max Planck

Oh yes, 24, the show that made me lose ALL respect for Kiefer. His uncle brought in universal health care in this country! And here he is, part of the artificial war on terror, sanctioning the torture of prisoners, fighting non-existent shadowy organizations that feed the collective fears of the masses.

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

Ummmm, he's an actor? It's TV? And it's wayyy over the top now. I think it's a commentary on where their society is headed.

You should see this season though. 20 months in a Chinese prison has some effects on our guy, Jack.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

yes, your right, it's only that innocent electronic box in the corner that sits there day and night, beaming propaganda into the homes of millions, influencing their thought patterns, deciding who wins elections, shoring up support for wars.

how silly of me.

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

Well, yes. It's only propaganda if you believe people can't tell reality from fantasy. Which, I admit encompasses way too many people, but very far from all of them.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

Sgt.,

Thank you for asking. I liked "Little House on the Prairie" because it
tackles the strict religious rules under which the devout Muslim
must live and by setting the story in the wide-open prairie, they made it
hilariously funny.

Did you see the episode where men couldn't look at women? couldn't be
with women? couldn't touch them? and under the Prairie influence, the
Muslim women began to take down the barriers?

It's fun and it's wholesome. I like it.

And dare I say it ... the U.S.A. loves it ... they've never seen theatre which
tackled these sacred yet puzzling practices before.

I stated in a post that vanished (who knows what happened, not blaming you, Dr C. that to clarify, I LOVED the whole idea of the show, I just felt uncomfortable with the jokes and humour, as they were taken in most part from actual events in recent Canadian history, ie, the Arar case.

I am delighted to hear that Americans are watching it. I don't believe that the Americans that love NASCAR and eat McDonalds 3 or more times a week and believe in supporting the president and the troops even in naked imperialist aggression are watching it, ie, the 51% of Americans who are ruling the country, but I am happy that at least the American networks are not banning it yet. Does anybody know where and on what stations in America they are watching it?

I plan on returning to Little Mosque in a few more weeks. Give the actors time to get their stride and not be so wooden with the deliveries, making them more natural, might make it funnier to me.


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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”

oh, and the quote is,

'Every joke is a tiny revolution'.

-George Orwell.

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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”