tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post2106583782951500302..comments2024-03-09T15:11:29.350-08:00Comments on Exotic and irrational entertainment: Non-Indian fans of Bollywood part IIPessimisissimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-13340405059798143902008-07-19T00:15:00.000-07:002008-07-19T00:15:00.000-07:00Hi,there. An old friend sent me a copy of that ar...Hi,there. An old friend sent me a copy of that article a little while ago, but I didn't think much of it. I suspected it wasn't very accurate either.<BR/><BR/>On another subject that you brought up, interesting to see that you are someone for whom punk rock and postpunk were once so important, who now loves Bollywood. The same exact things could be said about me. Maybe there are a few of us, who might fit into another special cateogory, which will inspire someone to write another bad article someday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-69944616243712769262008-07-17T09:40:00.000-07:002008-07-17T09:40:00.000-07:00For some reason, I dont think I much appreciate th...For some reason, I dont think I much appreciate the journo's whole division of Bolly lovers into "foreign" and "Indian" and whatnot. The article also almost makes it sound like Indian cinema is in NEED of validation :S It IS a bad copy of the Tehelka original, but [sigh] what would you do...:SShweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-10335957061222321492008-06-11T20:09:00.000-07:002008-06-11T20:09:00.000-07:00Ahmad clearly cribbed from Susan's superior origin...Ahmad clearly cribbed from Susan's superior original piece. The only question is whether he did it at the instigation of an editor, or on his own. I agree--what's the point of doing it second, and badly?Pessimisissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-65600783585352751602008-06-11T06:51:00.000-07:002008-06-11T06:51:00.000-07:00I only read the article once and somehow missed th...I only read the article once and somehow missed that - very irritating indeed. I was unimpressed overall, I must admit; it seemed so similar to the <I>Tehelka</I> piece (and he asked me very similar questions, so I shoudln't be surprised) that I'm not sure of the point of writing it at all.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-15522043419900593002008-06-06T08:18:00.000-07:002008-06-06T08:18:00.000-07:00I think you're right! He's taken the sentence "I w...I think you're right! He's taken the sentence "I want to make it clear that I'm not some hipster whose ironic or camp 'appreciation' is really a form of mockery" from my post "<A HREF="http://exoticandirrational.blogspot.com/2007/07/why-i-love-bollywood.html" REL="nofollow">Why I love Bollywood</A>" as a declaration that I'm not a hippie (whatever that would mean in 2008) or gay.<BR/><BR/>His misinterpretation would be hilarious if it didn't make me seem like a reactionary...Pessimisissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-62546920172039247662008-06-06T05:36:00.000-07:002008-06-06T05:36:00.000-07:00perhaps he thought hipster meant hippie... if he w...perhaps he thought hipster meant hippie... if he was capable of that i am not surprised that he thought camp meant gay...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-32070564265020102162008-06-05T17:26:00.000-07:002008-06-05T17:26:00.000-07:00Memsaab, thanks for your commiseration. If I had j...Memsaab, thanks for your commiseration. If I had just been misquoted I think I would be less irritated. Ahmad abridges and alters--without any indication--what I wrote, and garbles my final sentence so that it doesn't make any sense, but I can deal with being made to sound like an idiot.<BR/><BR/>However, saying "Pesimisissimo [sic]...feels the need to make it clear that he's not...gay" is tantamount to calling me homophobic. That Ahmad could so deliberately misread me is pretty appalling.Pessimisissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-86509971611946952752008-06-04T07:15:00.000-07:002008-06-04T07:15:00.000-07:00Although he did email me, he seems to have mostly ...Although he did email me, he seems to have mostly gone through my blog and picked out bits and pieces and then pieced them together willy-nilly along with some stuff he made up out of thin air :-)<BR/><BR/>Ah well, such is the price of fame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com