Suketu Mehta, a writer and journalist based in New York and screenwriter for one of the chapters of the new film "New York, I Love You", talks about putting New York on film.
And it's a good thing not all NY love stories are like Romeo & Juliet! In fact, their story may have more in common w/the one you & Mehta are talking about than you meant when you said that, Brian (& I don't mean the ending).
But what I planned to write before I heard that was about Suketu Mehta's use of the word "miscegenation." I'm kind of surprised--& glad--not to see comments taking him to task for it (because I'm sure he didn't mean it in a racist way), but that might not be the case w/other audiences, & I was hoping to let him know it could be taken in a very negative way. Of course, for all I know this is mostly an American usage (& most Indians grow up w/something much closer to British English), or Mehta might even be entirely conscious of the word's connotation & have used it deliberately.
Oct. 20 2009 11:27 AM
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MG
from NYC
What does Suketu think of director/producer Karan Johar apologizing for a character in Wake Up Sid calling the city Bombay and not Mumbai?
Oct. 20 2009 11:17 AM
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O.
from Brooklyn
Interesting re: the hair. There was an incident in NYC a few years back when a large company of Hassidic women publically burned wigs they discovered were made from hair given at Hindu temples in India as part of Hindu ceremonies. This seems like a sweet film (haven't seen it), but a little over-romantisized.
Oct. 20 2009 11:16 AM
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laura lebleu
from Brooklyn
The first clip of this movie reminded me of Tim Minchin's "Peace Anthem for Palestine". Brilliant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UO6YlkYNJQ
Oct. 20 2009 11:13 AM
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And it's a good thing not all NY love stories are like Romeo & Juliet! In fact, their story may have more in common w/the one you & Mehta are talking about than you meant when you said that, Brian (& I don't mean the ending).
But what I planned to write before I heard that was about Suketu Mehta's use of the word "miscegenation." I'm kind of surprised--& glad--not to see comments taking him to task for it (because I'm sure he didn't mean it in a racist way), but that might not be the case w/other audiences, & I was hoping to let him know it could be taken in a very negative way. Of course, for all I know this is mostly an American usage (& most Indians grow up w/something much closer to British English), or Mehta might even be entirely conscious of the word's connotation & have used it deliberately.
What does Suketu think of director/producer Karan Johar apologizing for a character in Wake Up Sid calling the city Bombay and not Mumbai?
Interesting re: the hair. There was an incident in NYC a few years back when a large company of Hassidic women publically burned wigs they discovered were made from hair given at Hindu temples in India as part of Hindu ceremonies. This seems like a sweet film (haven't seen it), but a little over-romantisized.
The first clip of this movie reminded me of Tim Minchin's "Peace Anthem for Palestine". Brilliant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UO6YlkYNJQ
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