it was based on a novel written by an english-australian guy James Clavell so you might guess the source of his anglo-focused religious viewsShogun on disney hotstar is interesting, it's for japanese to say how well their culture has been represented, but from an outsider's perspective their culture hasn't been subjected to negative stereotype tropes yet in the show.
show is from an anglosphere protestant point of view.
Does sound intresting but waiting to beinge the show can't go through 1 and wait for a whileit was based on a novel written by an english-australian guy James Clavell so you might guess the source of his anglo-focused religious views
same author extensively wrote other novels based on Japanese, Hong Kongers, even Iranians of those times with their affairs with the English men
Novels[edit]
The Asian Saga consists of six novels:
coming to Shogun, the novel is loosely based on real life Tokugawa Leyasu and an english sailor-navigator William Adams. Lots of 'creative freedom' had been taken behind the plot to make it interesting or whatever.
Did you see Masters of Air? That was a friggin high budget stuff from the looks of it.Shogun on disney hotstar is interesting, it's for japanese to say how well their culture has been represented, but from an outsider's perspective their culture hasn't been subjected to negative stereotype tropes yet in the show.
show is from an anglosphere protestant point of view.
my observation was, when ever murican state or society has done harm(past or present) to a race or religion, their creative folk compensate by giving representation in their main stream entertainment. japanese, koreans, blacks, latinos and now muslims.Hinduism and its symbols are rarely mentioned on American mainstream television, and as a consequence, there would be barely anything uplifting or positive regarding Hinduism. It came as a pleasant surprise that on the latest episode of "NCIS Hawaii", one of the characters is shown with a Ganesh idol in her workplace, and another character remarks benignly on it, referring to it as the God of fresh beginnings. Just a few minutes before or after that, yet another person in the show, detects a Sanskrit word( Surya) as part of a secret code to reveal a location. Impressive! Two mentions of Dharmic things, neither of them negative, one of them quite positive.
But what is still missing are openly Hindu main characters in serious TV series. There are 3 Moslem characters in serious dramas, FBI, NCIS LA and NCIS New Orleans( the latter 2 are no longer in production). And they all are serious, openly Moslem individuals, and they emphasise the tolerant nature of Islam, particularly when faced with extremists in the community. Nothing remotely like these exist for Hindus. Even when there are Hindu/Indian sounding names on TV, there is absolutely nothing particularly Dharmic about the individuals. At some level, the American entertainment industry has a complex or resistance to such portrayals.
A friend very plausibly remarked that there are economic and political reasons for the way Moslems are depicted on these programs. There are many more Moslems than Hindus, and many more Moslem majority countries, depicting openly Moslem characters makes these series attractive to this large demographic, thereby increasing the popularity of the series. Positive portrayals of Moslems is very politically correct in the woke ideology. It helps to blunt any negative image the public has of Moslems and Islam, at least potentially. Such portrayals also in theory encourage Moslems to emulate the characters of TV shows, and reduce the perception, in the targeted group, that the US or Americans in general, are against Moslems.
There is no equivalent motivation vis-a-vis Hinduism and Hindus. who are not seen as a threat, nor as people in need of help with their image. Add to that a degree of prejudice against the culture-which also extends to the pagan aboriginals of the US- and you get a clearer picture.
In the same NCIS, I have seen referances of Hindu terrorism and many degrading things about Hinduism, that was the reason I stopped watching the show.Hinduism and its symbols are rarely mentioned on American mainstream television, and as a consequence, there would be barely anything uplifting or positive regarding Hinduism. It came as a pleasant surprise that on the latest episode of "NCIS Hawaii", one of the characters is shown with a Ganesh idol in her workplace, and another character remarks benignly on it, referring to it as the God of fresh beginnings. Just a few minutes before or after that, yet another person in the show, detects a Sanskrit word( Surya) as part of a secret code to reveal a location. Impressive! Two mentions of Dharmic things, neither of them negative, one of them quite positive.
But what is still missing are openly Hindu main characters in serious TV series. There are 3 Moslem characters in serious dramas, FBI, NCIS LA and NCIS New Orleans( the latter 2 are no longer in production). And they all are serious, openly Moslem individuals, and they emphasise the tolerant nature of Islam, particularly when faced with extremists in the community. Nothing remotely like these exist for Hindus. Even when there are Hindu/Indian sounding names on TV, there is absolutely nothing particularly Dharmic about the individuals. At some level, the American entertainment industry has a complex or resistance to such portrayals.
A friend very plausibly remarked that there are economic and political reasons for the way Moslems are depicted on these programs. There are many more Moslems than Hindus, and many more Moslem majority countries, depicting openly Moslem characters makes these series attractive to this large demographic, thereby increasing the popularity of the series. Positive portrayals of Moslems is very politically correct in the woke ideology. It helps to blunt any negative image the public has of Moslems and Islam, at least potentially. Such portrayals also in theory encourage Moslems to emulate the characters of TV shows, and reduce the perception, in the targeted group, that the US or Americans in general, are against Moslems.
There is no equivalent motivation vis-a-vis Hinduism and Hindus. who are not seen as a threat, nor as people in need of help with their image. Add to that a degree of prejudice against the culture-which also extends to the pagan aboriginals of the US- and you get a clearer picture.
Really! Do you remember which of the 4 it was? There's the original NCIS( in its 21st season now) , then NCIS LA( ended last year) ,NCIS New Orleans( ended 3 years ago) and now NCIS Hawaii, in its 3rd season presently.In the same NCIS, I have seen referances of Hindu terrorism and many degrading things about Hinduism, that was the reason I stopped watching the show.
I don't remember the season or episode
I competed like 15-16 seasons of NCIS. I liked it much better than many other crime shows like CSI.In the same NCIS, I have seen referances of Hindu terrorism and many degrading things about Hinduism, that was the reason I stopped watching the show.
I don't remember the season or episode as it's been quite sometime, so they must be compensating for something somewhere else that's the reason you are seeing that in the perticular season.
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