30 ROCK

• I think the reason we were supposed to watch this episode of 30 Rock, is that the difference between “razes” still exists today. Also the fact that prejudice still is a big problem, and even if the world has developed throughout time, it’s still too easy to judge people that are different. One other reason was probably that people in today’s society try, but not always manages to treat everyone equal, and we can easily see that in the episode. When one of the main characters is supposed to “deliver” a package to her neighbour, and sees that he is from the middle-east and that his wall covered with world maps, she automatically thinks about terrorists. At the same time, we have to admitter that many things in the apartment, and the neighbour’s behaviour in many ways misleading. Still, if it would have been an American, or a European, she probably wouldn’t have reacted the way she did.  

      

• I think it’s good to use humour to approach sensitive topics, but at the same time there are some points that point to the opposite. There are several reasons why I think that humour is a good way to show this topic. One of them is that the use of humour makes the topic more daily-based, which means that it doesn’t occur so unfamiliar. Also humour makes more people understand how stupid the fact that people are treated different, caused their skin-color, nationality, religion, gender etc. really is, and that how wrong things can go if we don’t think about what we’re saying, before we think. Another reason that underlines my point of view is that humour usually attracts many people, especially the younger generations. Humour also encourages more people to react.
• On the other side, people can react on the fact that such a sensible theme, is presented in such an unserious way. Many people think that this kind of theme, should be handled in a serious and formal way, and not be presented in a humoristic way.