Did you watch 90210 last night?   We were wearing our “persian-critic” glasses as we watched, and to our super-duper pleasant surprise… we got to hear some Farsi, – yes, even a simple Khorresht  (stew) and Tonbak (persian drums) mention counts in our book - see Navid’s family, and get a sense for some Persian hospitality.

  Did you watch 90210 last night?

  As we predicted, Michael Steger, the actor cast to play the character of Navid Shirazi in the new Beverly Hills 90210 spinoff – set to air this September - is not of Iranian descent.  Steger is actually of Ecuadorian, Austrian, and Norwegian origin. It was probably really difficult for the producers and casting department to find [...]

As we predicted, Michael Steger, the actor cast to play the character of Navid Shirazi in the new Beverly Hills 90210 spinoff – set to air this September - is not of Iranian descent.