superso
Joined Mar 2015
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The acting was honestly pretty bad. Too many predictable lines like "oh my mom packed us 3 tupperware containers b/c we're asian" or "how much more asian can I be - i'm an economics professor whose lactose intolerant" (haha?) Also, the main actress seems utterly vacuous as she assumes that there's no cultural difference between her and someone in China. I knew i'd never be able to relate to my Asian relatives at age 16.
I've lived in NYC all my life and I haven't met asians with heavy British accents. I do know mostly American-Asians and Chinese-Americans but these don't represent them. The folks this movie depicted were "new money" folks trying way too hard to show off wealth. I will say that I have noticed that some of my American-South Asian friends do tend to demonstrate this characteristic as soon as they get any money so that part seems legitimate.
I've lived in NYC all my life and I haven't met asians with heavy British accents. I do know mostly American-Asians and Chinese-Americans but these don't represent them. The folks this movie depicted were "new money" folks trying way too hard to show off wealth. I will say that I have noticed that some of my American-South Asian friends do tend to demonstrate this characteristic as soon as they get any money so that part seems legitimate.
This reminds me so much of the Spanish Netflix show "Money Heist". In other words, it's a foreign TV show and the camera work, sound, and story are so good that i'm surprised. But then all those subtle attempts to emulate American TV start to get really annoying and come across as overdone. For example, they just NEEDED to have that dark, brooding cop who drinks too much and gets physical and it's all due to (flashback) something dark and unclear that happened in the past AKA the most cliched character over the past 30 years of American TV and film.
Additionally, all the actual actors who play these characters have 15 letter long Indian names, but their screen names are "Josh" and "Danny" and "Steven Desoto" and "Mikey" and "Paulie" or some names that sound like they belong on an Italian American TV show based in Brooklyn or New Jersey. While they're calling each other these names in their foreign accents, I'm just picturing Apu from The Simpsons and wondering what it would be like if he was named Squi or Tobee or Bart and still spoke in his Indian accent.
That said, i'm pleasantly surprised by how good of a story line i'm seeing. I haven't watched an Indian movie since I was about 8 years old back when my parents watched Amita Bacchan. Although they were impossible to get through with their numerous musical sequences, they were still authentic and great in their own way. This show is easier to watch thanks to that fact, i'm finally watching an Indian TV show and hopefully preserving my ability to speak Urdu/Hindi.
Additionally, all the actual actors who play these characters have 15 letter long Indian names, but their screen names are "Josh" and "Danny" and "Steven Desoto" and "Mikey" and "Paulie" or some names that sound like they belong on an Italian American TV show based in Brooklyn or New Jersey. While they're calling each other these names in their foreign accents, I'm just picturing Apu from The Simpsons and wondering what it would be like if he was named Squi or Tobee or Bart and still spoke in his Indian accent.
That said, i'm pleasantly surprised by how good of a story line i'm seeing. I haven't watched an Indian movie since I was about 8 years old back when my parents watched Amita Bacchan. Although they were impossible to get through with their numerous musical sequences, they were still authentic and great in their own way. This show is easier to watch thanks to that fact, i'm finally watching an Indian TV show and hopefully preserving my ability to speak Urdu/Hindi.
