Ben Leaps into 2009 where he has to help a struggling Indian family save their restaurant.Ben Leaps into 2009 where he has to help a struggling Indian family save their restaurant.Ben Leaps into 2009 where he has to help a struggling Indian family save their restaurant.
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- TriviaThough Ian and Rachel are exes, Alice Kremelberg (Rachel) and Mason Alexander Park (Ian) are partners in real life.
- GoofsWhen Ben and Addison are in the office talking Ben is sitting on the coach and his shadow is reflected on the wall. However it should have been Kamini's shadow not Bens.
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Sonali Prasad: Only in America do people have to find themselves.
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Terrible representation
I shouldn't expect any better, this is basically how western people write Asian/Indian characters. No males at all, all females only. Trying to present Indian food as something foreign in 2009? The Brits had already adopted it as their national dish a decade before!
Indian restaurants were world renowned, with many (male) Indian chefs being world famous. So it's not just the food pushing boundaries here, but we are attacking the patriarchy too. Even the landlord is an aggressive women! And no Indian matriarch would allow her kids to speak to them and boss them around that way. Stick your agenda where the sun doesn't shine!
I gave the show a chance and thought it would be different. It's rare to have an Asian male lead in a western show, but he just keeps getting pushed around by the "strong women" who obviously wears the trousers. And characters that are defined by their so called "diversity", rather than who they are and what drives them, is just sad and poor writing.
The old Quantum Leap had it's issues, but you always felt like Sam had to resolve something really serious in order for him to have to leap into that person and save the day. Whoever this new god of Quantum Leap is, they seem very concerned with, trivial, diverse issues, rather than anything that would actually demand such intervention.
I don't care if Ben saves the day, you don't build any sympathy for these people because their character is never explored in any depth. They are defined by who they are externally, not what they are inside.
Indian restaurants were world renowned, with many (male) Indian chefs being world famous. So it's not just the food pushing boundaries here, but we are attacking the patriarchy too. Even the landlord is an aggressive women! And no Indian matriarch would allow her kids to speak to them and boss them around that way. Stick your agenda where the sun doesn't shine!
I gave the show a chance and thought it would be different. It's rare to have an Asian male lead in a western show, but he just keeps getting pushed around by the "strong women" who obviously wears the trousers. And characters that are defined by their so called "diversity", rather than who they are and what drives them, is just sad and poor writing.
The old Quantum Leap had it's issues, but you always felt like Sam had to resolve something really serious in order for him to have to leap into that person and save the day. Whoever this new god of Quantum Leap is, they seem very concerned with, trivial, diverse issues, rather than anything that would actually demand such intervention.
I don't care if Ben saves the day, you don't build any sympathy for these people because their character is never explored in any depth. They are defined by who they are externally, not what they are inside.
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