Meera Syal says she fears diversity on TV is just a 'frontage'
Meera Syal says she fears diversity on TV is just a 'frontage'
Image source, Stuart Wallace/ShutterstockBy Ian YoungsEdinburgh Entertainment Reporter
Meera Syal a said it was still difficult to make authentic British Asian TV shows, with leaders more fond of stories about terrorists and manipulation.
The comedian, actress and writer said it was "strangely easier" to tell other stories in her early days in the 1990s.
She s made a name for himself writing the 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach and being part of the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
Although there have been improvements in on-screen representation, she fears it's just a "window dressing," she said.
Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Syal said: "Everyone has their tropes about what our story should be. If it's a terrorist story or a grooming story, it will probably be carried out.
"It's much harder to get those horizontal, quirky, quirky [made] stories that only people who have had that experience can tell around.
Image source, Stuart Wallace/ShutterstockBy Ian YoungsEdinburgh Entertainment Reporter
Meera Syal a said it was still difficult to make authentic British Asian TV shows, with leaders more fond of stories about terrorists and manipulation.
The comedian, actress and writer said it was "strangely easier" to tell other stories in her early days in the 1990s.
She s made a name for himself writing the 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach and being part of the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
Although there have been improvements in on-screen representation, she fears it's just a "window dressing," she said.
Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Syal said: "Everyone has their tropes about what our story should be. If it's a terrorist story or a grooming story, it will probably be carried out.
"It's much harder to get those horizontal, quirky, quirky [made] stories that only people who have had that experience can tell around.
Image source, Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock
