Monday, February 23, 2009

Do you dare hate Slumdog hoopla?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Do-you-dare-hate-Slumdog-hoopla/articleshow/4179984.cms#write

Excellent article -

“It cannot be emphasised enough that this is not an Indian film, it’s a British-American film
about India with some Indian collaboration. There was a time when they were taking raw cotton from here and processing it in Manchester and we were really proud. This may just be an extension of that sort of imperialism rather than the donning of a post-colonial, post-racial utopia.’’ She feels the hype and ecstacy is absolutely crazy, and it comes from a Western recognition hangover

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