-There were no Pakis in Dunkirk...right up -He funny coz he's fat
Dunkirk a WW2 film, out in 2017? In an age where the best films are
men running around in tights with superpowers. It's really impressive that the films
done well I mean how could it not it had Christopher Nolan directing it
Who? What do you mean who? Dark Knight: Christopher Nolan. Interstellar:
Christopher Nolan. Inception Christopher Nolan. Oh I'm still someone who thinks
actors do everything in the film. Thanks buddy. It's earned over 200 million
worldwide it's praised for it's visual realism because
it uses real ships, real planes and even real locations. "It told the story
just the way was" The music is by the artist of musical scores Hans Zimmer
himself and in there he deliberately constructed the music to keep you on
edge. In fact he used a musical technique called the Shepherd tone. Now I wish I
could continue praising it but sadly it ends there. When it comes to realism of
characters and demographic, the film is a big fat flop. It's funny cuz he's fat
Some people are calling this film a 'whitewash' come to think of it there are some non
white faces but that's only in one crowd scene. Now I'm not one for pulling out
the race card so let's have a look ourselves yeah.
errr yeah I wanna say it's not looking so good
The Oxford historian Yasmin Khan says in her book 'The Raj at
War' Britain did not fight the Second World War, the British Empire did. If the
people watching the film have knowledge regarding history and
WW2 then this would be apparent to them and obvious to them
sadly the people that know and the people that of knowledge are very few
the sad reality is that the film pushes the narrative that the Britain that
fought at Dunkirk was the Britain as it exists today. Now its obviously that's a
load of baloney mate, because the Britain in those days was the British Empire.
someone who we expect to get the wrong end of the stick is our friend Nigh
-well well well -How you doing Nigh?
Nigel Farage urges youngsters to go and watch it
"youngsters" who still uses that term nowadays? First of all mate you're wearing
a suit to the cinema. Who does that? And secondly why does it look like your
dog's just died? and you know what's more interesting is, it's clear that he's not
posing for a selfie, yeah, so someone's clearly taken this picture and shown it
to him, and he's gone "I approve" Nigh mate, what on earth were you thinking?
A lot of people don't know this but in World War two, India contributed to well over two
million military personnel, making it the largest volunteer army in history.
In Dunkirk which is what we're talking about, India gave over 1800 men this is
obviously a conservative estimate. Initially the British didn't decide to
use animals, yeah, they were like "nah it's long mate, we're just going to use vehicles
and stuff" but then when they went to France they noticed that the terrains
all messed up mate so they called India and said "you know what, we need you to bring
loads of animals" so India had to send over two a thousand horses and mules
alongside 1800 men. These men were majority, well I've seen it from many
sources now, they were pretty much all Muslim. Reason being, it was easier
logistically and in terms of the spiritual needs, the Muslims
were easier to take. What's also interesting is, the sailors, the people
who actually had to help cross the people from Dunkirk to the UK.
The sailors were mostly South Asian and East African
yes there were black people as well
because the French cavalry consisted a lot of Algerians and
Africans as well. They counted for one in four crew men on British vessels. The
Indians when they were sent they were sent in four companies, yeah, just
think of it as four groups. When the people tried to cross from Dunkirk to the UK and
you got Hitler's army bombarding them or whatever... only three companies made it,
one company got left behind. They were you know captured by the Germans and
then eventually killed. If I figured this out in an hour's worth of research don't
you think a film with a big budget, well researched and big production like
Dunkirk, would also have noticed this as well. I mean there's so much emphasis on
realism why is it so important for us to remove the colored people from the beaches of
Dunkirk and from the ships? Why is it so important that whites are seen only to
be saved by other white people? Why can't we see men fighting in turbans rather
than helmets? Why can't we see the Muslim men praying before going to battle?
Calm down they're just questions yeah, you're free to formulate your own opinion based upon
what i've said. Maybe if we saw how much the non-british sacrificed for our safety
and prosperity, and how they fought alongside us till the bitter end that
we'd be more inclined to inviting and allowing them to stay in our country,
rather than forcing them out and calling them cockroaches. While you've got
grandsons of the Nazis that are allowed to come in
and out of the country whenever they feel like it. "It's just a film yeah, calm
down" well we do know that stories can dehumanize, demonize and erase. As well as
create pity, compassion, sympathy and even love for those who are strange and
strangers. And that is why Dunkirk and, any other story, is never just a story
until next time Asalaamu Alaikum