From Alt.Muslim, an article on an upcoming show on Showtime called Sleeper Cell where an African-American Muslim FBI agent tries to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell. With Muslims, both in front of and behind the camera, one hopes that the show won't be blatantly stereotypical when it comes to religion.
The fact that a show like this is appearing on cable (rather than broadcast tv) reminds me of how at one point I would have said that the most sympathetic and human portrayal of Muslims on tv was on the HBO series, Oz which was set in a prison, and the Muslims were all inmates.
I wonder if it has something to do with the creative freedom possible on cable, or if it is something else?
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