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By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.

Thomas Hamilton Coombes is a British stage & screen actor, known for portraying Goz in Sky's BAFTA winning series 'Save Me', and PC Daniels in the hit Netflix series 'Baby Reindeer'. Films include Netflix's 'Luther: The Fallen Sun', the acclaimed one-take film 'Boiling Point', and the Oscar nominated 'Living' starring Bill Nighy. Thomas grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. His forbears hail from the East End of London, and Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire)
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.
'Living' dives into many themes that we can all understand regardless of our cultural backgrounds. We can see this through the shared similarities between 'Ikiru' and 'Living'.