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Originally Posted by Chris
Yes, they are. Did you read the quote I posted? Judy Ling Wong believes it is more important for TV drama to mould society than it is to accurately portray whatever the situation happens to be. Tokenism is inevitably what would occur were that actually to be applied to a show like Midsomer.
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Well ok. Some people are. That is obviously stupid. It is of course counter to what I have been saying in this thread that Midsomer Murders have no reason to have a ethnic minority cast member and I agree that to do so as a result of this uproar would be tokenism.
However that doesn't mean the producer was right, there is no reason why Midsomer Murders cannot have a black character which is what he was suggesting. It wouldn't detract from the 'Englishness' of the show. It may not be common for a black person to live in a small village but it's certainly not 'unrealistic'.