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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed May 6, 2015, 06:31 PM May 2015

‘Halal in the Family’ bashes Muslim stereotypes with laughs

Kimberly Winston

(RNS) The opening shot of its star chugging a 2-liter of “pork juice” might be the first clue that “Halal in the Family” isn’t exactly the featherweight sitcom it appears to be.

Instead, this Web-only miniseries is a concerted effort by advocacy groups, nonprofits and one big Comedy Central comedian to do for Muslim-Americans what “The Cosby Show” did for African-Americans in the 1980s: combat negative stereotypes and show other Americans that they are “just like us.”

http://www.religionnews.com/2015/05/06/halal-family-bashes-muslim-stereotypes-laughs/

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I love Aasif Mandvi! Perhaps I'll check this out :) arcane1 May 2015 #1

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1. I love Aasif Mandvi! Perhaps I'll check this out :)

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Wed May 6, 2015, 06:37 PM

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