making fun of indians?
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DD-931 — 11 years ago(July 31, 2014 02:28 PM)
Jack, if you can't tell how this film is making fun of the pompous, self-centered characters in Hollywood, I can't help you. I'm watching the film right now, as Hrundi is going around apologizing for the dinner table fiasco that he didn't even cause. You need to watch this film again, because most of his bumbling at the Party is indeed out of trying to fit in. And the ordeal Hrundi goes through to FIND a bathroom, (during which he surreptitiously prevents a rape) ends with a sequence where the malfunctioning toilet and toilet paper dispenser (a hilarious prop) have as much to do with the disaster as his efforts. After which he almost drowns from falling into the swimming pool, and then is forced to drink alcohol by the host when drinking is against his beliefs. The comedy comes as much from what he endures as what he causes. Not to mention the disasters caused by that drunken waiter (a marvelous performance by Steve Franken).
Hrundi is a fool from the start because he's trying to fit into Hollywood from the start, including on the movie set. And who leaves a detonator sitting around unguarded in the first place? Not to mention that the jerk director is the one who nearly rapes Claudine Longet and who Hrundi stands up to in the end to protect her. No, Hrundi makes a lot of mistakes, but still shows more of a sense of morality than most of the other characters in the film.
EDIT: Wow. The host's daughter causes MUCH more chaos at the party than Hrundi ever dreamed of. -
swadhin999 — 9 years ago(May 03, 2016 07:21 AM)
This film is not racist then what is racism? People here talking about laughing at ourselves. I agree with them. But can anybody tell me what was funny in not getting a chair to sit beside everybody else in party? And why he had to sit lower to everybody? Was that funny? Oh sorry I forgot to laugh! This film propagate typical neon-colonial sentiments and stereotype In Indians to a great extend. Like every Indians have a monkey, Indians paint elephants etc. And hence Indians are not equal to white and can't sit beside whites as equals. This movie was shameful and racist to even somebody like me who don't mind laughing at myself and always appreciate good humor.
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cirvin1258 — 9 years ago(July 24, 2016 11:53 AM)
Geetalk about being so hateful, that you miss the storyline!
He didn't sit at the same height as everybody else, simply because HE WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!!! HE WAS NOT ON THE GUEST LIST!!! HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
So many guests, so many chairs - that simple.
Geez, get a life! -
jsk32870 — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 02:54 PM)
Actually, he was on the guest list, albeit accidentally.that's how he received an official dinner invitation. I'm not sure how he can receive that in the mail, but somehow
not
be counted for dinner. I suppose it's possible. But he was
definitely
on the guest list for invitations, added at the last minute by hand. -
wisable — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 01:09 AM)
His being a last-minute, scribbled addition (apparently) to the guest list may have thrown the hostess a bit, as she clearly wasn't expecting another person (when he wandered around, trying to be part of the banter, she looked at him quizzically like "who's that?" .. so she hadn't really been prepared), but she was gracious as she could be under the circumstances, and did her best to go with it .. tho' I can't figure out why, in a house like that, they wouldn't have another normal-sized chair available.