Textual Analysis - Citizen Khan
In this scene from Citizen Khan, it shows Mr Khan being very prejudice and racist about Dave being the manager of the mosque. He insists that he can’t possibly be the mosque manager/leader as he isn’t brown like the rest of them and is ‘Ginger’. This portrays the way in which Muslims are represented in the wrong manner, and backs up the idea that the representation may create stereotypes of people thinking that all Muslims are the same. He shows a negative approach towards his daughter getting married, by doing a weird hand gesture which suggests that he’s not 100% okay about the pair of them getting married. The fact that Mr Khan requires and demands the mosque on the day of their marriage and Dave states that it isn’t possible as it is already booked, the way in which Dave is sitting down on the chair and Mr Khan is sitting down speaking to him, shows authority and shows the way in which Mr Khan himself is looking down at him and speaking to him, instead of speak to him on a level. Stating ‘you gingers are very different to the rest of us, not so calm, frickly freckly skin & scottish’. The clothes they are wearing also show a clear representation of the type of clothing that typical Muslims wear, including the hat on top of their heads.
In this scene from Citizen Khan, Shazia and her mother are both discussing the big day, what needs to be brought for it and the fact that a lot of money is going to go towards it. Mr Khan in the living room begins discussing the fact that they are using a lot of toilet roll and one should only use one piece of tissue, and two is way more than you should be using. Then he begins stating the fact that Shazia shouldn’t invest so much money into the wedding and should save up instead and Amjad (fiancé) would be happier if she saved it. He also said how it would be better if she had a small ceremony similar to the way in which white people get married and just serve tea and biscuits and say thank you, goodbye. This conveys the way in which Mr Khan is stingy and as Shazia suggests ‘A cheapskate’. All of a sudden as Shazia and Mrs Khan are both discussing the wedding, Mr Khan butts in and begins raising his voice, saying ‘Chup’ as they both continue speaking about the wedding, then all of a sudden shouts ‘I said CHUP’ with his hand raised in the air as though he was about to slap them, and quiets them down. Showing authority and making Mrs Khan, feel and look down, as though she had no authority over him. Again, they are wearing traditional clothes, ie the hat on top of Mr Khans head & the suit that Mrs Khan is wearing. However Shazia is not wearing a head scarf, which her sister normally wears, portraying that not all Muslims wear them.
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