tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post4164981645624945624..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: An update to the Padmaavat post (after seeing the film)Jabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-20781626820195362982018-02-19T13:56:07.883+05:302018-02-19T13:56:07.883+05:30i thought the movie is a good one time watch. Rea...i thought the movie is a good one time watch. Really these days, we have to hyperventilate and fuss about everything and see confirmation biases all along. <br />And to think this movie offended rajputs in certain sections while some feel it is islamophobic...the best way is to not watch right ?or watch and like or not like? i mean watch and rant about what the director should do or not do is stretching it a bit..readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563125570706050000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-34909505051732348032018-02-16T00:54:10.762+05:302018-02-16T00:54:10.762+05:30A psychologist's perspective:
http://traumaand...A psychologist's perspective:<br />http://traumaandart.blogspot.com/<br />http://survivorsbollywood.blogspot.com/naroophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144856342866758307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-25624218769994031142018-02-15T11:00:19.019+05:302018-02-15T11:00:19.019+05:30All of them! With huge moustaches. (Except for the...All of them! With huge moustaches. (Except for the two male students, who only had two-day stubbles.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-38519656573557529052018-02-15T10:52:51.300+05:302018-02-15T10:52:51.300+05:30Do you have some Rajasthani Rajputs in your class?...Do you have some Rajasthani Rajputs in your class?<br />This is a guess from reading the previous post and this one<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-12543002728563166722018-02-14T21:52:42.272+05:302018-02-14T21:52:42.272+05:30It could be the cultural moment we are living that...It could be the cultural moment we are living that quite a few people feel exhausted with how nothing changes and turn to the media we consume for easy scapegoats. <br />However, that being said, having grown up with a certain kind of masala Malayalam cop movie which provided a sort of catharsis in the easiness of its melodrama and common tropes, I was a bit upset (being a woman) with the decidedly violently misogynistic dialogues in some of the recent releases in this genre. It could be argued that audience and critical tolerance of earlier dialogue paved the way for the current films. I agree that there is a certain bent to a lot of the art and film criticism these days but I just wonder when most films are made in a culture that holds a lot of these attitudes (obviously the films will reflect that more or less), when is it appropriate and when is it just an exercise in preaching to the crowd/navel gazing.Zoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09003992020829030247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-75367002329585889012018-02-14T17:00:16.457+05:302018-02-14T17:00:16.457+05:30within the realm of criticism, would it be conside...<i>within the realm of criticism, would it be considered fair to point that out?</i><br /><br />Zog: yes, of course it would be fair to point that out, if that’s what one genuinely feels - though it should be backed (if this is an analytical piece we are talking about, as opposed to a short Facebook rant) by reasoning for why one feels that way.<br /><br />Equally, it should be possible to dissent from that view. Part of the reason for my current defensiveness is that I increasingly get the impression (in the circles I move/write in) that popular cinema is only being assessed (and condemned) along the lines that it is misogynistic/racist/casteist/Islamophobic etc. Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-69160718423964633142018-02-14T16:10:45.074+05:302018-02-14T16:10:45.074+05:30I have not seen Padmaavat and clearly a lot of the...I have not seen Padmaavat and clearly a lot of the conversation seems to revolve around the Swara Bhaskar piece in this #MeToo moment. However, a lot of friends and family who have seen it felt very uncomfortable with the portrayal of the Muslim characters and seemed quite certain the choices made were islamophobic. Let me say at the outset that I defend SLB's right to make that choice but within the realm of criticism, would it be considered fair to point that out? I got a similar feeling just watching the trailer that familiar tropes were resorted to in the portrayal of Khilji and from what I can tell, historically inaccurate portrayals. Without holding an ideological position, would it be considered too much to point out that these particular (easy) choices were made with regard to depicting a character, to exploit popularly held views about said religious group (ethnic group etc)? Again I am asking only to understand your approach to the craft. I admire your approach quite a bit.Zoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09003992020829030247noreply@blogger.com