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Open Thread | 02.07.11
+ Jennifer Lopez attended this year’s White House Super Bowl watch party. How long before “Black and Yellow” (or “Green N Yellow“, Lil Wayne FTW!) becomes “Aqua and Coral”? (For those of you who are offended by the sportz talk, I’ve included some music video links that will make this post worth your time.)
+”Get Right“- John Kerry, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, calls out President Obama’s Afghanistan policy.
+”Ain’t It Funny“- Speaker of the House John Boehner, in an attempt to increase gender equality, adds a new women’s restroom to the House, then uses it to cover up for an office space land grab.
+”Jenny From The Block“- Sarah and Bristol Palin plan to trademark their names.
+”I’m Glad” – Former President George W. Bush cancels trip to Switzerland for fear of war crimes prosecution.
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Tagged Barack Obama, dubya, Jennifer Lopez, John Boehner, John Kerry, sportz
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Outsourced: Bollywood and Bush
Welcome back to Outsourced, your every-so-often dose of South Asian current events.
While many of us are looking eagerly ahead and counting down the days to the Inauguration of our President-Elect, India’s massive cinema industry is giving a last farewell to dear Dubya. (After all, post- Bush’s visit to India in 2006, we now import Indian mangoes. Really, Indian-Americans across the nation rejoiced at that one. And oh! There might be something about a nuclear deal… and massive rioting across the subcontinent at his visit.)
Mr. Sippy [producer of the film] says the film is not a dig at Mr Bush but does contain some of “his foibles”. (BBC News)
The President is Coming, adapted from the play by the same and directed by debut directer Kunaal Roy Kapoor, follows six young adults competing to be that young person under 30 whose hand Bush will shake. Flimsy sounding premise, maybe, but many a film have been made from a lot less. “And though political satire is not new to Indian theatre, it is only now that films like these are being made” (BBC South Asia). The film even includes footage from Dubya’s actual visit in 2006. Just released, this comedy has thus far been receiving fairly good reviews.
Shernaz Patel, one of the movie’s actresses, put it quite well: “I think we are going to miss [George W. Bush] because he provided so much fodder.”
Posted in Blog, George W. Bush, India, Outsourced
Tagged bollywood, dubya, George W. Bush, India, konkona sen sharma, Outsourced, the president is coming
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