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In this slice of life, as two Americanized friends from different parts of the world prepare for a journey to Morocco, we embark on a lighthearted exploration of the concept of "us," "you" and "them" in a state flux. I wanted a "Three's Company" surface with underlying issues speaking to amity and discord, ignorance and tolerance, and asking, where lies the line between political correctness and creative expression? The characters are both different and the same, often without realizing their simultaneous pride and denial of their (multi-)culture, and pushed to extremes by each other's misguided stances. The extent of their subjective perspective unveils prejudice even at the friendship level, where individuals, much like nations, find themselves at odds with opposing ideals. It is about self-perception versus how one is perceived, chipping away at a stereotype only to uncover another, and how those who are stereotyped against, do their own share of stereotyping. So what is the nature of Muslims in America? In "Vantage" I hope to touch on the fact that however way Muslims are generally perceived, there exists limitless versions of them. In fact, in the United States, both claiming and rejecting one's selfness, is often the nature of all hyphenated-Americans.

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