Colonial-era Egyptian comedy made black characters lovable only when subservient

Evidence

When attempting poetic expression in a mangled form of classical Arabic, the Nubian and Sudanese characters surprise the Egyptian characters.When assuming greater social status than the Egyptian characters of Sanü`a believe they warrant, the black characters anger and provoke them. But when they act ignorant and respectful of the help provided by more educated Egyptians, they become lovable. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 382

Categorization

• XREF: This acceptance conditional on subservience strongly parallels the reader’s core concern — how imperial self-images are upheld by requiring the colonized/subaltern to perform dependence.