- To give them a negative image so the audience will dislike them.
- To reverse the role of the police and present them as antagonists.
- It is showing the brutality of reality that the police aren't always caring for people but they just do what they are told to do.
- Avoids a narrative resolution- It isn't predictable and what you would expect to happen.
Why represent the immigrant workers in this way?
- To give them an image of innocence and wellbeing.
- To gain sympathy from the viewers.
- The producers want us to identify with them to experience emotions such as panic, fear, injustice and loss.
What stereotypes are being adhered to or subverted?
- Police - Stereotypically the protectors of society but presented here as destroying people's lives.
- The police are presented as nonchalant, uncaring and just "doing their jobs"
- Immigrants - Usually seen as unclean, de-humanised, stealing jobs, large families, unskilled and violent. This clip attempts to deconstruct the stereotypes through different representations.
- Adam - Breaks the stereotypes of immigrants as he is a religious, caring, trained doctor.
- Ibrahim - Treated roughly without provocation.
What is the purpose behind the mediation of this text?
- Entertainment - overall people will watch it purely for their entertainment.
- Inform people of the situation of society - it shows that the police aren't always what you stereotypically would think they're like. They are ruining the immigrants lives instead of protecting them like they should be. It also helps you to realise immigrants aren't always what they are stereotyped to be like but actually caring with skilled jobs.
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