SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE- Outraged at local media response

Slumudog Millionaire was difficult to watch for many people, but for others it just gave them permission to say 'slumdog' and still feel politically correct (and you know that all PC means is 'unwilling to unpack privilege').

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• Slumdog
• Millionaire
• Bollywood
• Hollywood
• India
• America
• racism
• classism
• brahmatization
• culture
• elitist
• elitism
• Magic
• Negro
• Oscar
• Academy
• Awards

[kabiraltaf]

Have u read Arundathi Roy's leftist critique of "slumdog" and why she found it offensive? She has always been a passionate advocate of the oppressed and you might find the reasons why she dislikes the movie interesting.

[diepiriye]

Thanks for the tip. Is there an online version that you could send me the link for?  I'd love to read it, thanks!

[quitejaded]

I JUST GOOGLED the magic negro!!! Wow! I kind of noticed that as I watched movies in my childhood, but didn't think too deeply about it!! Thankyou for teaching me something new!!

[diepiriye]

By all means! I was also quite glad when I started to hear people describe what I used to call 'the Black best friend'. It occurs to me that there really are loads of Blacks who are the singular "Black best friend of 34 different white people" as poet Kate Rushin says. Those folks go on to generate these images, words, media, etc.

[Izumi1234]

You are so right...High up actors and directors and such in India harshly criticized this movie. I wont go on to what they said, but it didnt fit their ideal perspective, beacuse all bollywood focuses on is their disney like plots where everyone is great and yada yada, and its true you dont see poor people being portrayed in their movies, and its always these picture perfect people with their picture perfect looks and smiles, they need to move on is what I think. Great video!

[diepiriye]

Thanks! And I think it's funny that most folks watch these films and never notice that ll the people are wealthy.

[sharrah07]

You are the besttest lol.

Thank you for yet another thought provoking video.

[freckles2720]

Once again, you are on point.

[083770]

i swear i didn't see the green mile video you posted an hour ago before i posted my last comment 1/2 hr ago. cool

[083770]

Archetypical magic negro: ever see "the green mile" ?

[safire718]

it was so good

[diepiriye]

I appreciate you for saying that. Thanks.