Comments on: Wax dummy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vikash Singh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-46075 Vikash Singh Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:18:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-46075 <p>wow! what a shit idea!</p> <p>Vikash Singh</p> wow! what a shit idea!

Vikash Singh

]]> By: yomama http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-46018 yomama Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:01:09 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-46018 <p>"...proceeds to give the naïve Indian a tutorial in how to wax a girlÂ’s assÂ…"</p> <p>LOL ! "Think of it as a fine double-sided chocolate ramBUTTan..."</p> “…proceeds to give the naïve Indian a tutorial in how to wax a girlÂ’s assÂ…”

LOL ! “Think of it as a fine double-sided chocolate ramBUTTan…”

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-46010 Manish Vij Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:44:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-46010 <p>Don't be a pagri Fonzi. Remember, he jumped the shark.</p> Don’t be a pagri Fonzi. Remember, he jumped the shark.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-45994 Ennis Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:57:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-45994 <p>Hmmmm ... turbanned Fonz ... must practice looking in the mirror and saying "aaaaay". Oh, did I say that last bit out loud?</p> Hmmmm … turbanned Fonz … must practice looking in the mirror and saying “aaaaay”. Oh, did I say that last bit out loud?

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-45993 Ennis Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:52:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-45993 <p>Ah, this explains the turbanned figure:</p> <blockquote>There follow a couple of cute scenes in which Navin is "visited" by "Holden Singh," an amalgam of the hero of Salinger's novel and an old friend from Calcutta. This fantasy figure is essentially Fonzie to Navin's Richie Cunningham, helping the shy and inexperienced Navin plot out his courtship of Michelle. Now, I was looking forward to a second version of the spectral "Singh," perhaps in overalls and a straw hat, once Navin started reading his Mark Twain—but such does not come to pass... "Holden Singh" suggests that Navin try to steal Michelle's necklace from her tough-guy boyfriend Torry, which leads to a silly scene in which Navin pretends to be a pizza delivery guy who just happened to pick up one of Torry's porn magazines, which leads to a rather crude sequence in which Torry teaches Navin about "ass-waxing." Eventually, the Hindu goddess Kali shows up, and things really start to defy credibility [<a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/huck2889.shtml">Link</a>] </blockquote> <p>I just threw in the line about Kali because I liked it.</p> Ah, this explains the turbanned figure:

There follow a couple of cute scenes in which Navin is “visited” by “Holden Singh,” an amalgam of the hero of Salinger’s novel and an old friend from Calcutta. This fantasy figure is essentially Fonzie to Navin’s Richie Cunningham, helping the shy and inexperienced Navin plot out his courtship of Michelle. Now, I was looking forward to a second version of the spectral “Singh,” perhaps in overalls and a straw hat, once Navin started reading his Mark Twain—but such does not come to pass… “Holden Singh” suggests that Navin try to steal Michelle’s necklace from her tough-guy boyfriend Torry, which leads to a silly scene in which Navin pretends to be a pizza delivery guy who just happened to pick up one of Torry’s porn magazines, which leads to a rather crude sequence in which Torry teaches Navin about “ass-waxing.” Eventually, the Hindu goddess Kali shows up, and things really start to defy credibility [Link]

I just threw in the line about Kali because I liked it.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-45992 Ennis Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:48:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-45992 <p>Really lousy turban alert. Shudder. If you're going to make an actor dress like that, you might as well have him rub brown shoe polish all over his face. It would be just as authentic and give him a more distinguished mien.</p> Really lousy turban alert. Shudder. If you’re going to make an actor dress like that, you might as well have him rub brown shoe polish all over his face. It would be just as authentic and give him a more distinguished mien.

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-45974 Manish Vij Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:21:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-45974 <blockquote>Yeah, he's gonna take it to the car wash!</blockquote> <p>He wants to dine at just one American taco stand!</p> Yeah, he’s gonna take it to the car wash!

He wants to dine at just one American taco stand!

]]> By: DesiDudeInAustin http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/10/huck_holden/comment-page-1/#comment-45971 DesiDudeInAustin Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:11:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2990#comment-45971 <blockquote>Navin’s story begins deceptively, as a collegiate, slapstick coming-to-America tale about a young man just arrived from Calcutta, who’s as clueless about American literature as he is about sex.</blockquote> <p>...adapted from the NY Times Book of the Year "The Inscrutable Bongs".</p> <blockquote> after discovering Navin with a porn mag called Brown Honey, proceeds to give the naïve Indian a tutorial in how to wax a girl’s ass… </blockquote> <p>Yeah, he's gonna take it to the car wash!</p> Navin’s story begins deceptively, as a collegiate, slapstick coming-to-America tale about a young man just arrived from Calcutta, who’s as clueless about American literature as he is about sex.

…adapted from the NY Times Book of the Year “The Inscrutable Bongs”.

after discovering Navin with a porn mag called Brown Honey, proceeds to give the naïve Indian a tutorial in how to wax a girl’s ass…

Yeah, he’s gonna take it to the car wash!

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