http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/jan/15/danny-boyle-shows?commentpage=3&commentposted=1

theres an article about it here... (which seems like a case of pandering to people that thnk only westerners can get non western culture right - the line about "they should be ashamed that it took a white man to show India how to do it" is pretty awful) arguing that hes just jealous that a white guy made a film about the 'real' india.

which might be true (ABs comments seem pretty idiotic to me, like hes trying to defend/hide the fact most of india is poor - as if duh, no one had noticed), but slumdog seems pretty fucking corny, so i dunno how people are seeing it as the best film about the real india ever made or anything lol. (not seen it yet tho so maybe i should keep quiet til i do)

the thing is though, if bollywood producers did suddenly start making films about normal (poor) indian people, i wonder if the avg man on the street in india would still go and see it. im sure thats what most bollywood producers would argue, to defend what they do, but at this point it might just be a cop out so they can keep churning out escapist shit.

itll be interesting to see if all the attention given to slumdog makes bwood producers/directors start thinking more about films that say something to the general populus about their lives.