The 71st annual Emmy Awards nominations will be announced this week and we can almost be certain that Hulu’s “Ramy” and Netflix’s “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” will be among the shows nominated. Anything to the contrary would be a noticeable slight.
Both shows bring a unique viewpoint to American audiences: that American Muslims are multidimensional, deep, funny, and complex all at the same time. Despite their different formats, the shows share a common treatment of the American Muslim experience. Their Muslim identity is a part, but not all of who they are, which makes them both so relatable to wider audiences.
In Hulu’s “Ramy,” Ramy Youssef plays an American millennial with immigrant parents, with much of the show derived from the comic’s own experiences. In Netflix’s “Patriot Act,” Hasan Minhaj uses a deep-dive format similar to that of “Last Week Tonight,” but his choice...
Both shows bring a unique viewpoint to American audiences: that American Muslims are multidimensional, deep, funny, and complex all at the same time. Despite their different formats, the shows share a common treatment of the American Muslim experience. Their Muslim identity is a part, but not all of who they are, which makes them both so relatable to wider audiences.
In Hulu’s “Ramy,” Ramy Youssef plays an American millennial with immigrant parents, with much of the show derived from the comic’s own experiences. In Netflix’s “Patriot Act,” Hasan Minhaj uses a deep-dive format similar to that of “Last Week Tonight,” but his choice...
- 7/15/2019
- by Sue Obeidi
- The Wrap
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