Dubai makes no secret of its ambitions to put its name on the map, alongside New York, London, Paris and Tokyo.. it is very vocal about it. So, when you start hearing Dubai's name in movies and popular series, be assured, it's not the writer's heightened sense of globalization. It is someone paying someone to drop Dubai's name.
It happened with Iron Man, though the scenes didn't make it. Then comes Prison Break (Season 4) where the lady (can't remember her name) pleads with her killer to spare her life. She tells him that she has money in Dubai.
So now I am confused. Is Dubai positioning itself as an offshore haven, as opposed to a billionnaire's playground or was this a genuine name-drop that was not paid for by Dubai Inc.?
That's a very interesting observation, i remember mentioning almost the same theory to a few people in my social circle, whereas they did not agree with it being an intentional, biased and most likely paid form of name dropping. They were actually convinced that perhaps the directors of such movies actually benefit from mentioning a word like Dubai in their movies, benefit what? spreading racial tolerance?
Although good to see i was not wrong.