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Title: Delightful - and Available
Review: This series offers a marvelously lighthearted look at cross-cultural life. Nonetheless, despite its lightheartedness - no, BECAUSE of its lightheartedness - it manages to skewer everyone's foibles brilliantly. There are no strawmen here. The Muslims in town have quirks and flaws, as do the Christians, and they all share many of the same problems (gender wars, generation gaps, coping with one's own values, coping with someone else's values). In fact it's the fact that they have quirks and problems in common that shows us how much they share simply as people. We can identify with all of the characters, whatever their religion. Laughing at them or with them, we might discover that we are laughing at ourselves, too. And that's a good thing.For us American types, try accessing the CBC website and buy the DVD there, if you find that amazon.com is not carrying it. It's worth searching for, and sharing with friends.
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