http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/india/one-significant-slumdog/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/india/one-significant-slumdog/#comment-17799 Frederick Peemoeller Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:27:20 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=2257#comment-17799 I couldn't agree with you more that Slumdog Millionaire has opened the eyes of many westerners about India. It gives vivid glimpses of poverty and culture that a movie can portray so well. Unfortunately, it is the western view of India, and it seems that it has mixed reviews from its own country. I looked up critic's reviews of the movie and buzz words such as "poverty pornography" and "slum tourism" pop out in every sentence. Many critics in India are taken aback by the movie possibly since it is so different than any Bollywood movie, and because it only portrays the bad of their country. It seems like it will be a while before Bollywood and Hollywood can agree on what a good movie is. I couldn’t agree with you more that Slumdog Millionaire has opened the eyes of many westerners about India. It gives vivid glimpses of poverty and culture that a movie can portray so well. Unfortunately, it is the western view of India, and it seems that it has mixed reviews from its own country. I looked up critic’s reviews of the movie and buzz words such as “poverty pornography” and “slum tourism” pop out in every sentence. Many critics in India are taken aback by the movie possibly since it is so different than any Bollywood movie, and because it only portrays the bad of their country. It seems like it will be a while before Bollywood and Hollywood can agree on what a good movie is.

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