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At times, that lead him to do lots of great stuff but it also got him into trouble, particularly later on. If you're asking what I thought about the character itself, I'll have to agree with MCP1291, he was pompous, pretentious and egotistical. That is just what I think of Eamonn Walker's acting and Tom Fontana's writing. Ultimately, they ended up pulling off quite an engaging portrayal of the distinctly American phenomenon of the "black empowerment" strains of Islam which develop in prisons across the states. They obviously looked at people like Malcom X along with the Nation of Islam as inspiration for Kareem's character. it obviously won't be noticed by the target audience anyway, it is just me nitpicking.Ĭonsidering how Eamonn Walker is a British actor with little knowledge of those random religious nuances, I'd still say it is a remarkable performance despite the minor flaws.
This is all easy to overlook from both the production end and the consumer end. For example, the prayer technique was portrayed inaccurately quite often and Kareem would often mispronounce some of the Arabic prayers. However, as someone who has lived in the Middle East and has a fair degree of familiarity with Islamic culture and theology, it is easy to notice when the show falls short in its accuracy while portraying anything Muslim or Islamic. The depiction of Muslims and Islam in the show was still a breakthrough in many ways, nothing like that had been done before in American media. The overall portrayal of his character was great even though the conclusion of his arc wasn't satisfying at all and marked a low point for the show. How did his character resonate with everyone in here? I was amazed to find out though that both actors for Said and Adebisi are British. Everything has to be at maximum as it were so that played into it as well. Converts to any religion (or anything really) tend to be more hardcore or intense over their passions. Also he was playing a convert (or reverts as they are known in Islam). I've known plenty of Muslims and non-of them seemed as self righteous as he did.
So it seems to be a weird mix between the two. Partly because the Nation of Islam was very big inside the US prison system, and partly because mainstream Islam was becoming more common in the US. For start the makers of Oz seem to mix the Nation of Islam and the mainstream Sunni Islam. And he was very self righteous in the early few seasons he did seem to calm more as it went on. However because is intelligent enough to have a moral compass, it makes his crime for why he was in their (a racist attack on a white business) seem all the more redundant. He was one one of the few people in Oz he seemed generally 'good'.
You wanna punish a man? Separate him from his family, separate him from himself, cage him up with his own kind. That's the name on the street for the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary.