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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 on looney buns and girly mans. 2:36 AM and there was another of those 'english' translation of a song from the indian cinema industry. and a whole host of comments saying that it was very funny thank you mrbrown for posting it i will share this with my friends yadda yadda. now, i am not an uptight indian prick (okay fine maybe i am HAHA) but seriously, i agree (only to a certain extent) with that very passionate guy who has argued that laughing at such things is ignorance and it reinforces stereotypes. to that some chinese and indians got quite cheesed off and told him to lighten up and get a life. yes. it's funny, but not that funny. ignorance has resulted in people not being able to tell the difference between hindi/tamil/telugu and everything is just included in the term 'bollywood'. i don't think it's just a subtle difference. there's as much difference as there is between a japanese, korean, taiwanese, mandarin soap opera. they are different industries altogether. anything indian? anything that involves a dance in the field and around a tree? (seriously they do NOT dance around coconut trees, they've progressed to the mountains of switzerland and the streets of new york) must be bollywood. and laughing at such a video, that's fine. but laughing without knowing the indian cinema industry and how it works is just irritating. you laugh because they have (according to you) funny dance moves and it's sung in a weird language (hello people actually speak this weird language, even in singapore, yes they do!) and they wear funny clothes but this is an inherent part of this culture. i'm sorry if the K-pop and J-pop and taiwanese and mandarin markets have that much western influence. honestly, there isn't much difference between MTV asia and MTV anymore. appreciate the fact that there's an industry out there that has identity, it's own character and personality. that these industries (be in bollywood, kollywood or anything else) have a history and a legacy with its own well known and well respected actors, directors and producers. appreciate the variety - from the mtv style pop routines to the classy bollywood numbers to indian folk to classical indian dance forms, indian cinema celebrates diversity. and apparently this diversity is laughed AT and not laughed WITH. that's the difference. go ahead and laugh. admittedly some of it is funny shit. laugh with, don't laugh AT. you laugh at when you compare it to the style that you are used to and you make an unconscious judgment that what you are watching is the weirdest thing on earth. grow up, other cultures exist other than yours. this is the kind of shit that leads to people reacting with 'wow so you know bollywood dancing/bhangra' (apparently they are the same thing) when i tell someone i learn indian dance. and then they tell me 'i also know indian dance!' and they enthusiastically put their palms together and attempt to shake their necks which could easily be mistaken for muscle spasms. so stop it, we don't dance around coconut trees. i think this is the result of me doing a module on asian theatre and drama. haahah. 1 comments |