We weren’t born to be loved. When the doctor explains Zed’s (Riz Ahmed) auto-immune disease as his body no longer recognizing his body, I instinctively thought, “Oh no.” We had already experienced his internal struggle with identity as a British man with Pakistani roots, Indian heritage, and American sensibilities by way of a solid line separating his worlds that’s augmented by his father’s (Alyy Khan‘s Bashir) refusal to accept his pursuit of a music career and his refusal to stop. Zed is quite literally rapping about his status as a…
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