the only thing i can compare this to was when Laloo lost the election in Bihar.
I guess you are socialized into believing that somethings are never going to change.. so if Enron built us a crap ass Naptha plant and ran away with the money.. you dont expect that some people are actually going to slog their asses off.. convert the plant into a gas one...lo and behold and get it to work!!
here's the best part.. one of the big obstacles was.. farmers opposed the laying of the gas pipe that would feed this plant. on one hand they demand electrification and free electricity but won't let a pipeline run through their farms which would help alleviate the major power crisis that india faces.
but that's not the most ridiculous protest ive heard of this week..
this clowntown seriously takes the cake. i know we're indian and we're easily offended but our man has managed to get onto CNN and NDTV with his indignation in a manner that would make al-zawarqi and scientologists go as green as martians. (sorry martians i do not meant to offend you by coming up with a racial stereotype)
seriously.. how dare americans show an indian as showing entreprenueral
if an indian had to be realistically potrayed in a funny manner he should have been shown as well read, compassionate, clean shaved, sensible as well and handsome and daring. and so that a stereotype is not propogated he should be painted in the colour purple.
the case cannot be put better than here.
in fact, i feel that the government should summon the american ambassador and give him a dressing down. hit him over the head with a leg of kfc or force him to eat a maharaja mac. the nimitz which has just set sail should be called back and we should protest that the ship should never have docked in india in the first place as our Comrades were doing.
in fact the nuclear technology transfer treaty negotiations should be stalled unless america apologizes for this great affront.
sigh.. they're going to ban the simpsons movie in india... aren't they?
sob..
thank you.. come again!
1 comments:
You've got humor and racist humor ass-backwards. Can you imagine a Chinese character on the Simpsons running a laundry with a Fu Manchu moustache and a ching-chong accent? Think about why they don't.
Now think about the promo taking a parody character into real life where they ask a desi clerk to come to work next to a banner mocking his race.
Fact is 7-Eleven got rid of everything that implied its products are low quality but kept the crude ethnic mockery because they figured desis wouldn't say shit. You're doing well, keep on keeping on.
And they took lines in bad English from other characters and attributed them to Apu in the promotion, which never happened in the series.
You seem to think parody is a free pass, but it ain't a reason to turn your brain off.
Wake up.
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