The Reality of Indian Elite
This show is well done. It pulls the curtain off and shows India's elite for what they are.
In fact, it is a very white washed show and the warts are all hidden. There is no talk of dowry, honour killings, inter-caste marital trouble and a lot else.
In a way, Indian Matchmaking was needed to show Netflix woke peeps just how medieval our thinking is. All the affectations notwithstanding, marriage boils down to your partner being from a "good family" (Code for caste) or "fair-skinned" or "not from a small town" even if we serve "Miso Paneer" or have been to the "Bolivian salt flats". It might seem weird initially, but it's actually just so telling how so many millenials and NRIs, many who carry a chip on their shoulders, are the worst perpetrators of some of these crazy values.
The fact that so many people cringed watching it only proves how real those people felt to us. How familiar the settings, the relations, the pandits were. And how real an aunty Sima Aunty was. The appeal lies in the fact that whether you laugh or scream it's difficult to deny that the whole thing has a wallop of truth to it.
It shows you that those people are not a small segment of society. This is still Us in 2020.
In fact, it is a very white washed show and the warts are all hidden. There is no talk of dowry, honour killings, inter-caste marital trouble and a lot else.
In a way, Indian Matchmaking was needed to show Netflix woke peeps just how medieval our thinking is. All the affectations notwithstanding, marriage boils down to your partner being from a "good family" (Code for caste) or "fair-skinned" or "not from a small town" even if we serve "Miso Paneer" or have been to the "Bolivian salt flats". It might seem weird initially, but it's actually just so telling how so many millenials and NRIs, many who carry a chip on their shoulders, are the worst perpetrators of some of these crazy values.
The fact that so many people cringed watching it only proves how real those people felt to us. How familiar the settings, the relations, the pandits were. And how real an aunty Sima Aunty was. The appeal lies in the fact that whether you laugh or scream it's difficult to deny that the whole thing has a wallop of truth to it.
It shows you that those people are not a small segment of society. This is still Us in 2020.
- indifferentlyinsouciant
- Jul 22, 2020