Garlic optional.
wasn't just about riffing on the classic staples, instead looking to put a Muslim twist on vampire conventions and come up with its own mythology, including a gaggle of old-guard hellions with their own demonic rules that Abdulla is deemed to have fallen foul of.
"Vampires don't have a reflection and often as Brown creatives, we don't really see ourselves reflected in the media that we see," he explains. "That's literally what this show is.feels like it breaks down so many of those stereotypes that we understand about the Muslim community, but also about brown people on screen. It really flips the script."
While shows that focus on the British Muslim experience shouldn't have to be rooted in politics, Nik noted, issues like Islamophobia are touched on because comedy can be "the best tool to disarm an audience".
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