This is yet another thrill ride from Shonda Rhimes of ShondaLand fame.
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In American pop culture, South Asians are mostly reduced to absurd caricatures. Despite them, the one person who has been receiving the most appreciation from cinegoers and fellow actors and actresses alike is Priyanka, who has hit a new milestone with “Quantico”. Voices of color often break into the American imagination through entertainment, particularly comedy. But we’re supposed to find her sympathetic when we she shows a bit of vulnerability later by revealing that her parents were killed on 9/11. And so I’ve been hungry for venues in which South Asians are breaking new ground, without hiding their heritage or altering their names.
Should that not happen, Quantico does have one major thing going for it to string everything and everyone together, and that’s Priyanka Chopra. We go deeper and deeper each week out. “If it ends up working for everyone from writers, directors and the creative team, you end up doing it. So I am happy that I got my first pick which was Quantico!” Is it race, or nationality? How, in fact, does one profile a human being, or a suspect, in this day and age? If you like dramas with flashbacks, then this should be a show to watch out for. “So you have to make trade offs and look at, you know, your plans or a particular place, and it will just vary on a case by case basis as to, well, does it seem appropriate?”
With this mystery, the classroom vibe and a twisty nature, the show feels very similar to early “How to Get Away With Murder”, a show which has brought great dividends for ABC and viewers. It’s likely that Alex is not responsible because it’s only the first episode.
– My guess with Nimah was that she was going to have either multiple personality disorder or a twin.
The series premiere, which bounced between the trainees first few days at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy in Quantico, Va., and the terrorist attack nine months later, set us into question overdrive: Is Alex really the only surviving witness of the attack? Women should totally embrace their curves. Who planted the C4 in her apartment?
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Priyanka took to Twitter on Saturday to share a photograph of her character’s identity card. As is custom, the recruits are given credentials, phony guns (for the objective of getting used to the weight of a firearm on their hip) and “gender-neutral outfits” consisting of matching polo shirts and khaki trousers – but Alex is sassy sexy and gurl has bewbz, so she makes sure that almost every button of her top is opened up, teasing the goods.
