What we’re doing here doesn’t make light of terrorism or what happened in any way.
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“The only thing I had said to ABC was that I wanted to do a show which gave me the respect of being an actor, instead of casting me for the color of my skin or what I looked like or where I come from”, Chopra notes, “because ever since I was a kid and I went to school in America, I never saw anybody who looked like me on TV”.
And is there anything Priyanka Chopra can not do?
Under the circumstances, you might just find yourself wishing that Quantico would import a few of the dudes from the Indian film and television pool. Personal issues are as much as part of the story as stopping terrorism, and there will surely be numerous hook ups and crushes, besides what is shown in the pilot. Thats Quantico right now: a show that vaguely works well enough.
In American pop culture, South Asians are mostly reduced to absurd caricatures.
Aside from Alex, I could see a lot of these characters being gone by the end of the first season. More often, we’re simply ignored.
The lack of racial diversity in American entertainment is unmistakable. We couldn’t find a place at the inn. And so I’ve been hungry for venues in which South Asians are breaking new ground, without hiding their heritage or altering their names.
A pioneer in her field, Chopra is now the first Indian actor to have scored a lead role in an worldwide television series after signing a three-year deal with ABC.
In this context, Quantico does something deliciously new with race. We go deeper and deeper each week out. The show seems to be asking us, constantly, do we really know these folks? I am hoping people will like it. I have worked hard for this show. Is it race, or nationality? “We slept in our cars”. How, in fact, does one profile a human being, or a suspect, in this day and age?
“I can’t even tell you exactly when”, said Safran, who had been an executive producer on “Gossip Girl” and for the second (and final) season of NBC’s 2012-13 Broadway musical drama “Smash“. It very much feels like Shonda Rhimes meets Greg Berlanti in super showrunner showdown. Some of the characters might die, some might turn out to be bad, you just never know. Right now, its the type of show that thinks its a good idea to have a bunch of its main characters independently arrive for class at the exact same time, park next to each other and close their doors one after another in order to create a sweet combination sound effect and zoom-out angle. It’s likely that Alex is not responsible because it’s only the first episode. Actually, Nimah is a twin, and they are taking turns portraying Nimah.
The series centers on a diverse group of recruits who are stationed at the F.B.I.’s Quantico Base for training. Women should totally embrace their curves. She is intelligent, brave, comfortable with herself, and interesting.
The episode is again back to the bomb blast scene after which Alex is taken under arrest after Ryan is found apparently dead in her apartment. “She has flaws, and she embraces her flaws”.
Quantico puts women’s power in the spotlight in other refreshing ways. “So, it’s sort of her and then everything else”.
You’ll see into characters’ lives outside of Alex’s point of view. At least in the research that we did, there has yet to be an openly gay agent trainee.
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In New York City, Simon Asher pays a guy to take a photo with him as they show off their Blue Bottle Coffee cups and Simon surprises him with a kiss.
