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Avatar – Epitome of Apologetic White Guilt

Posted onDecember 27, 2009Leave a comment

SPOILER WARNING. It’s The Last Samurai in a new Avatar. Ex-Marine from “jar-head clan” finds himself in a lush and rich planet called Pandora, falls in love with an exotic ‘native’ and becomes one with the ‘good indigenous people’ after Read More …

CategoriesRacismTagsAvatar, Hollywood, movies, white privilege, whiteness

In Real Life, Sandra Bullock Would Be Deported

Posted onJuly 7, 20092 Comments

Dear Ms. Bullock, I have been a fan since Speed back in 1994 when I was barely 9. So it pains me to see one of my favorite actors make a movie that doesn’t paint a fair picture of U.S. Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsCanada, ICE, movies, Sandra Bullock

SlumDog Millionaire – Those Foreign Aliens Are Taking Our Oscars Too!

Posted onFebruary 22, 2009Leave a comment

“It felt like an Indian movie awards function” -Anil Kapoor, Indian actor Jai Ho to Slumdog Millionaire! And Smile Pinky! My Dad doesn’t do Oscar night. He says it is for the elitist, rich, snobby white people. But tonight he Read More …

CategoriesDesiTagsAcademic Awards, India, movies, Oscar, slumdog millionaire

Light Up the Night – Milk – Was Dan White Gay?

Posted onDecember 21, 2008Leave a comment

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” – Hermann Hesse I took my mom to Berkeley yesterday to see Milk and saw it myself Read More …

CategoriesLGBTQTagscandlelight vigil, Dan White, gay marriage, Harvey Milk, Homosexuality, movies, protest, Sean Penn

American Desi / Indian-American Movie Recommendations

Posted onNovember 8, 2008Leave a comment

On a lighter note, a slew of great award-winning Indian-centered movies in English are hitting the cinemas so if you liked Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala, Bride and Prejudice, American Desi, Water, Bend it Like Beckham or The Namesake, you might enjoy Read More …

CategoriesDesiTagsIndian-American, movies

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