Comments on: Sexist Slumdog Millionaire: Tell Celador Films They Botched It

By: How to Pop the Progressive Bubble? « Onely: Single and Happy

How to Pop the Progressive Bubble? « Onely: Single and Happy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:13:00 +0000

[...] Cultural Revolutionish but oh well) politicians, companies, advertisers, and moviemakers (Ahem, Slum Dog) who present offensive [...]

By: trauma queen

trauma queen — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:31:48 +0000

wow! I did not know this..I am ashamed! Really..since my countrymen got soooo excited about the Indianness of it all.

How could Vikas Swarup permit this..really..damn sad…

By: onely

onely — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:08:49 +0000

You were correct! It *was* of interest! = ) Copious Readers, you all need to check out Drsubrotoroy’s perspective on SDM, which goes beyond my focus on the straight sexism. –CC

By: drsubrotoroy

drsubrotoroy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:42:05 +0000

This may be of interest;

http://independentindian.com/2009/02/23/is-slumdog-millionaire-the-single-worst-best-picture-ever-but-then-hollywood-may-have-been-losing-its-critical-sensibility-for-years/

By: onely

onely — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:54:32 +0000

Liesl, thanks; it was really bothering me that they strayed so far from a key aspect of the book–if it had only been a question of plot, ok fine, but it wasn’t. They probably felt safe in knowing that most moviegoers won’t have read the original story. I only happened to have read it myself by coincidence. –CC