"If they have any questions about the location, the characters, the themes, or even the Muslim representation, the South Asian representation, they can come and ask me." It's one of several exciting stories by a South Asian Canadian creator emerging into pop culture canon. (Sienna Films)Another Toronto-set story by a South Asian creator is making its premiere this fall: Sort Of, a CBC/HBO comedy about Sabi Mehboub, a gender-fluid, 20-something Pakistani-Canadian. Like Jalaluddin, Baig, who uses they/them pronouns, can't recall a time when South Asian people were getting the kind of thoughtful characterization that they are in this moment. But there's an important distinction to be made between diversity and representation, Niazi said.

Source: CBC News September 05, 2021 07:52 UTC