Say People Just Do Nothing creators

Comedy is still dominated by white middle-class people, the creators of People Just Do Nothing have claimed.

Asim Chaudhry, who plays Chabuddy G, says the problem runs across the media, with white journalists unable to understand his character.

‘What was so weird was these white journalists early on telling me that doing Chabuddy G’s accent was racist,’ he told the Radio Times.

‘He was based on my dad. How can they think I’m mocking the culture? I am the culture. I just don’t think they’d actually met anyone from that culture before. For some reason, in our industry, all you see is white, middle-class people.

Co-star Allan Mustafa, who lays MC Grindah, added: ‘You shouldn’t have to come from Oxford or Cambridge to be funny, but it’s still occurring in the industry in a lot of ways. It’s changing but it needs to change a lot more – not just class but ethnicity, gender. There’s still not enough behind the camera.’

They were speaking to promote the People Just Do Nothing movie, Big In Japan, which hits cinemas tomorrow.

Published: 17 Aug 2021