>>211683472>Do they still cast people for their looks or has the show gone the 'diversity is our strength' route?Absolutely the latter, except they somehow manage to paint the most ridiculous stereotypes unwittingly.
>all gays are promiscuous drug addicts and aids carriers>all trans people have 24/7 suicidal ideation over the simplest things>all black people are corrupt and can't do their jobs properlythey've even got a white incestuous family who are constantly sleeping with each other
Meanwhile sometimes I catch classic eastenders on one of the UKTV channels from 2009ish and it's so leaps and bounds better in writing and acting it's insane.