I’m watching east west 101 because a friend recommended it. The claim made was that because it was set in Sydney’s west, and it had actors of more diverse backgrounds. Watching it... I noticed the diverse backgrounds of the actors less, and the acting more...
Maybe I’m just not that sensitive to race, but the first thing I noticed wasn’t that everyone was a leb or asian, it was that they were terrible actors. Every terrible cop-show cliche is there: the talking really fast to glaze over the details, the horrible overstatements: “I want that grain of sand found even of you have to go through every one at the beach”. On top of that... they’re just so bad at acting. The bit parts mostly, but no one is inspiringly good.
Perhaps I’m being harsh. I hate TV cop shows, and I’m sure if people looked at House they’d find at least as much bullshit fast-talking as in this cop show, but the show’s Aussie. I expected more. Clearly, that’s a mistake...