Is Slumdog Millionaire A Case Of Poverty Porn? |
Is Slumdog Millionaire A Case Of Poverty Porn? |
parag_sankla |
Feb 21 2009, 05:57 AM
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I have not seen the film yet, but have read many reviews. My conclusion based on them is that the western world (British director - the same people who ruled us for over 150 years) has made an excellent piece of poverty porn out of India. The projection of Mumbai and India as a whole is slum (as if there are no homeless people in the developed countries). Using the word dog (even if some one defends that its a newly coined word = slum + underdog = slumdog) is derogatory.
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Marcilo |
Feb 27 2009, 02:32 AM
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QUOTE to isme koi haraane wali baat nahin hai agar wo yaahaan akar poverty per movie baanate hian. ( read post ) Sab log poverty pe banate hai kaya? Kitni bani hai? do you know? ek .. do.. 5 6... 12... 18.19…. ?? whats the count? QUOTE Magar, agar film totally slums per hai to ye definately india ki image ko effect karega. Its just a movie. Let it watch it like that, its not national Ad campaign. India's image is not variable to one movie. As I said earlier there are many here that say you have to be an engineer or a doctor when you are an Indian. So what image does that create? Read this article. It's interesting read, below are few excerpts http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/cont...gn_id=rss_daily QUOTE Sony's love story Saawariya, released in November 2007, was the first movie made by the studio in India. QUOTE Sony has acquired a string of Hindi-language movies for release. They include Straight, the quirky tale of a 40-year-old virgin confused about his sexuality, and Tere Saath, a story about teen pregnancy in urban India. QUOTE Disney's Roadside Romeo, co-produced with Bollywood's Yash Raj Films and released last October QUOTE Warner Brothers has tested the waters with the martial-arts genre. The studio released a $9 million kung-fu comedy, Chandni Chowk to China, with Bollywood's top-billed star Akshay Kumar All these producers are not Indian companies, these are Hollywood banners and I doubt these are all slum movies. I am not saying India is all slums, it's just that movie maker is an independent mind that wants to make a movie QUOTE 2 baje.....gaye ! ......satyanaash thread ka This post has been edited by Marcilo: Feb 27 2009, 02:34 AM - Just another gummy bear fan
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