Comments on: Bollywood on Ice http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/ 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: sathya http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268856 sathya Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:59:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268856 <blockquote>Does this mean if I can "pass" for a non-white, then I'm fine by you?</blockquote> <ol> <li><p>What gave you the idea that you are not fine by me unless you can pass for a non-white?</p></li> <li><p>By your own account you do pass for non-white when among a lily white crowd. In your own words: <i>"Throughout my childhood I was often questions "where are you from?" "are you filipino?" "are you from a foreign country?" etc because I have dark hair and darker skin than more white people.......I tried to scrub the "dirt" off my skin when I was little, for god's sake."</i> Filipinos aren't white are they? And Croats are not mistaken for filipinos. You once wrote that part of your ancestry is a question mark. You must have a dark race in your background and considering that southeastern europe has probably the highest proportion of gypsies in europe why pretend that the question cannot be answered by gypsy blood running through your veins?</p></li> </ol> Does this mean if I can “pass” for a non-white, then I’m fine by you?

  1. What gave you the idea that you are not fine by me unless you can pass for a non-white?

  2. By your own account you do pass for non-white when among a lily white crowd. In your own words: “Throughout my childhood I was often questions “where are you from?” “are you filipino?” “are you from a foreign country?” etc because I have dark hair and darker skin than more white people…….I tried to scrub the “dirt” off my skin when I was little, for god’s sake.” Filipinos aren’t white are they? And Croats are not mistaken for filipinos. You once wrote that part of your ancestry is a question mark. You must have a dark race in your background and considering that southeastern europe has probably the highest proportion of gypsies in europe why pretend that the question cannot be answered by gypsy blood running through your veins?

]]> By: PS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268820 PS Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:19:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268820 <p><i>Oh really? I had no idea Prema!</i></p> <p>lol</p> Oh really? I had no idea Prema!

lol

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268818 Yoga Fire Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:46:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268818 <blockquote> The very word Bollywood is a pathetic imitation Hollywood.... </blockquote> <p>Oh really? I had no idea Prema! Thanks for clearing that up.</p> The very word Bollywood is a pathetic imitation Hollywood….

Oh really? I had no idea Prema! Thanks for clearing that up.

]]> By: PS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268817 PS Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:33:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268817 <p>I wasn't impressed with the routine. The songs didn't match the moves. And bollywood songs are folk songs? ok....</p> <p>But of course (like most of us on here have commented) this is not appropriation, but using a dance form in an ice skating routine - more power to them if they are inspired by those beautiful bollywood songs! Just wish their dancing was better, but hell, who am i to say as they just one the silver medal.</p> <p>I'm an avid gymnastics fan and I remember Eastern European gymnasts often used folk music from their region of the world...the music was perfect for showing grace and power in gymnastics routines. And then the US gymnasts started using it sometimes and I loved it. Same thing going on here.</p> I wasn’t impressed with the routine. The songs didn’t match the moves. And bollywood songs are folk songs? ok….

But of course (like most of us on here have commented) this is not appropriation, but using a dance form in an ice skating routine – more power to them if they are inspired by those beautiful bollywood songs! Just wish their dancing was better, but hell, who am i to say as they just one the silver medal.

I’m an avid gymnastics fan and I remember Eastern European gymnasts often used folk music from their region of the world…the music was perfect for showing grace and power in gymnastics routines. And then the US gymnasts started using it sometimes and I loved it. Same thing going on here.

]]> By: Gostoso http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268816 Gostoso Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:51:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268816 <p>Os brasileiros fazem fastiches das Indianos porque eles sao muitas exoticas personas encheio das coisas misteriosas e as mulheres deles capturava as mentes das brasileiros. Nao faz mal! Tambem, yoga ta considera muito legal...bollywood tambem. Ta certinho...o serial se-chama "Camihoes das Indias" ou uma alguma coisa, tava considerada muito intersante e exotico...e talvez estrangeiroso...tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak toosnak</p> Os brasileiros fazem fastiches das Indianos porque eles sao muitas exoticas personas encheio das coisas misteriosas e as mulheres deles capturava as mentes das brasileiros. Nao faz mal! Tambem, yoga ta considera muito legal…bollywood tambem. Ta certinho…o serial se-chama “Camihoes das Indias” ou uma alguma coisa, tava considerada muito intersante e exotico…e talvez estrangeiroso…tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak tunak toosnak

]]> By: indian hypocrisy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268814 indian hypocrisy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:03:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268814 <p>What is so funny and so hypocritical is that Bollywood itself in particular and westernized indians in general proudly and shamelessly "appropriate"/plagiarize Hollywood and western culture yet have the nerve to cry foul when the reverse happens.</p> <p>The very word Bollywood is a pathetic imitation Hollywood....</p> What is so funny and so hypocritical is that Bollywood itself in particular and westernized indians in general proudly and shamelessly “appropriate”/plagiarize Hollywood and western culture yet have the nerve to cry foul when the reverse happens.

The very word Bollywood is a pathetic imitation Hollywood….

]]> By: Bengal Tigrrr http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268811 Bengal Tigrrr Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:58:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268811 <p>People need to lighten up (and I'm not talking about skin tone). I thought it was great. The music was good and the dancing was excellent INTERPRETATION of Indian dance on ICE.</p> People need to lighten up (and I’m not talking about skin tone). I thought it was great. The music was good and the dancing was excellent INTERPRETATION of Indian dance on ICE.

]]> By: SM Intern http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268810 SM Intern Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:06:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268810 <p>To the commenter who was just deleted: if <b>one person</b> writes about how something affected her, and you disagree with her, <b>that does not give you license to condemn an entire group of people</b> (who may or may not even share her opinion). Take your ridiculous generalizations and anti-"ABCD" bullshit elsewhere. Next time, you're banned.</p> To the commenter who was just deleted: if one person writes about how something affected her, and you disagree with her, that does not give you license to condemn an entire group of people (who may or may not even share her opinion). Take your ridiculous generalizations and anti-”ABCD” bullshit elsewhere. Next time, you’re banned.

]]> By: Filmiholic http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268808 Filmiholic Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:24:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268808 <blockquote>My point being: everyone chill the eff out over "cultural appropriation" already! Does anyone complain when a non-Brazillian couple skates a tango?</blockquote> <p>...or even non-Argentines for that matter... ;-)</p> My point being: everyone chill the eff out over “cultural appropriation” already! Does anyone complain when a non-Brazillian couple skates a tango?

…or even non-Argentines for that matter… ;-)

]]> By: cc http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/19/bollywood_on_ic/comment-page-2/#comment-268793 cc Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:09:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6109#comment-268793 <p>It should be said that on the same night Davis and White performend their "Bollywood on Ice" routine, I also saw the Russian pair perform an aboriginal dance, another American pair doing a Moldovan tribute, the Canadian pair doing Spanish, and both the French and British pair dressed up as American cowboys. It was getting so that when I saw an Israeli couple dancing to "Hava Nagilla" with the male wearing a yarmakule, I needed the commentators to remind me that they weren't Ukranian.</p> <p>My point being: everyone chill the eff out over "cultural appropriation" already! Does anyone complain when a non-Brazillian couple skates a tango?</p> It should be said that on the same night Davis and White performend their “Bollywood on Ice” routine, I also saw the Russian pair perform an aboriginal dance, another American pair doing a Moldovan tribute, the Canadian pair doing Spanish, and both the French and British pair dressed up as American cowboys. It was getting so that when I saw an Israeli couple dancing to “Hava Nagilla” with the male wearing a yarmakule, I needed the commentators to remind me that they weren’t Ukranian.

My point being: everyone chill the eff out over “cultural appropriation” already! Does anyone complain when a non-Brazillian couple skates a tango?

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