tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post7443343443160225847..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Mirch Masala (1985)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-74862485337712445722008-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:002008-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:00Hello,Thanks for the quick answer! Well, I'm pleas...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the quick answer! Well, I'm pleased you accept some hastiness about Mirch Masala... Certainly (from my point of view)Naseer's character is absolutely made to look as unpleasant as can be! I wonder at how he could have given the subedar any sympathy... well, perhaps you're right: he could have been a little less negative. But I think the whole point was to study his cynicism and machismo. He's a gem in terms of how far petty chiefs can go, don't you think? <BR/><BR/>As for Kaala Paathar, this is where it's commented uopn:<BR/>http://www.letstalkaboutbollywood.com/article-17575939.html<BR/>thanks!<BR/>yvesyveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975451635895715233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-53341316540226949352008-04-22T16:00:00.000-07:002008-04-22T16:00:00.000-07:00Yves - It's been a while since I saw this, but I r...Yves - It's been a while since I saw this, but I remember being turned off by the presentation, which I found to be overly blunt and didactic (women = good, men = bad). That said, I gave up on the film pretty quickly, and so I may have missed a lot of the more interesting undercurrents. Just read your review - yeah, I definitely missed some interesting things you picked up on (Naseer's "animalism"). Also, I have no idea what sort of gender context Mirch Masala was made in - i.e. what is 1980s Indian feminism like? - and so my reaction was probably inappropriate, in that I definitely wasn't the target audience for this. One of my biggest beefs with this film is Naseer's performance: he's so painfully maudlin and one-dimensional. But then, perhaps he didn't want to give the Subedar any degree of sympathy, for fear to undermining the girls' plight? Not sure.<BR/><BR/>What are your thoughts on Kaala Patthar? Have you posted on it? I just looove that movie.a ppcc representativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-46753786590676378262008-04-22T15:13:00.000-07:002008-04-22T15:13:00.000-07:00Hi Pccc,Well...Kinky or not, you had me raise my e...Hi Pccc,<BR/><BR/>Well...Kinky or not, you had me raise my eyebrows! I marvel at our so our differing views! How can I have been SO enthusisatic when I saw Mirch Masala?! (http://www.letstalkaboutbollywood.com/article-11750340.html) Do you think I was on pot? Coulda been...!<BR/>Still, I did enjoy myself. Ha, I know: I like the colour, red! No wonder.<BR/>Bye for now!<BR/>cheersyveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975451635895715233noreply@blogger.com