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Arab Graffiti Artist subvert “Homeland” with subtle racism – ABC Online

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Actually, had the makers of US series “Homeland” a few authentic Arabic lettering for a rotating backdrop purchases. What they then but were now ensures powerful vortex.

For years, makers of the world-famous US series “Homeland” have to live with the accusation of Islamophobia. But that someone has done sassy right under the noses of the film crew his anger, was evident in the recent shooting not to.

Now, knowing it, millions of television viewers. “” Homeland “is racist” emblazoned in Arabic on a wall of a fictional refugee camps in the Middle East, hastily passes by the actress Claire Danes. To see this is in the fifth season, which is now under way, especially in the US.



“We can not avoid this act of artistic sabotage admire”

Ordered was something else. Actually, several artists had in the rotation setting for the camp – a former factory in Berlin – as simply as possible authentic Arabic lettering should attach. But the sprayers took advantage of the situation and expressed their displeasure with the series on subversive way to express. The incident is now making bold headlines in the United States. An “interesting Graffiti”, noted the “Washington Post”.

” We would have liked these pictures to discover before the broadcast, “said” Homeland “creator Alex Gansa Site” Deadline.com “. He was athletic. “We can not help but admire this act of artistic sabotage”

“Homeland” is racist “

” “Homeland” is racist “is not the only subversive graffito. On other walls of the set could be in Arabic about “” Homeland “is not a series”, “” Homeland “watermelon” or “There is no” Homeland “” read, but did not come into the picture every graffito. The executive production company Studio Babelsberg declined to comment on the incident

The success of “Homeland” brings many years of light and shadow with it. On the one hand, the series was about the adventures of a CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) awarded in the global counterterrorism several times with Emmys and Golden Globe Awards. Even US President Barack Obama belongs to the fans. But again and again critics “Homeland” have also accused Islamophobic stereotypes.



way to spread your message

The feel and the “Arab street artists” Heba Amin, Caram Kapp and Stone that. In a statement Wednesday on the website of amine they gave information about how and why they had “hacked” the award-winning series. They referred inter alia to an erroneous, undifferentiated and biased representation of Arabs, Pakistanis and Afghans. These stereotypes are very dangerous, who was born in Cairo in 1980 Amin told the “Washington Post”.

In the order they were skeptical against this background, but then they saw their chance to spread their message, called it on the website. At a meeting they had received the statement that graffiti should be apolitical, “Mohamed is the greatest” to write, but

New Season would obviously okay, I was told it by the client. To see from 2016

The set designers were so busy trying to create a “hyper realistic set” that no one had paid attention to what they had actually written on the walls.

The Free- TV viewers in Germany will have to wait a bit to see the fifth season can. According to the transmitter cable one the new episodes to be broadcast in 2016. The filming for the fifth season around Berlin still run the way until the end of November next

Video: Claire Danes & amp;. “Homeland” will reside in Berlin

Claire Danes & amp; “Homeland” – residing in Berlin

 

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