East is East

EAST IS EAST

BRITAIN/BRITISHNESS
Most of the characters in the film are from British backgrounds, apart from the father and the religious Muslim mosque leaders, and most of them strive to attain British values and appreciation while still maintaining their own individual style and their original culture. The Khan family live in a typical 1950s style terraced house in British suburbia and own a chip shop around the corner which is very stereotypical of the decade.

AGE
The family's age ranges from the middled+ aged Indian father and English mother, to the four oldest boys who are late teens to early twenties, the only daughter who is mid-teens and finally the youngest boy who is still a child. This then allows for a variety of different levels of experience to show through on the screen which indicates and presents stereotypical activities, emotions and responses such as the youngest wants to play our of the street and feels bullied by his siblings for being the youngest, the teenage family members want to go to clubs and meet people of the opposite sex .Also the positions in the family hierarchy are both very British and Indian.

GENDER
There difference between the attitudes of male and female characters are actually very similar - they all want to have a happy and connected family uni which works well together and is very supportive and caring. Despite this, the male characters still have a very 50s-60s dominant attitude over the women but the women do not agree with this and do their own thing anyway.