Comments on: Dancing in the Streets, Mumbai Eshtyle

By: Marina

Marina — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:58:26 +0000

I thought the video was cute and rather fun. It looked like a lot of to make, too. Never did like this song, though. It gets stuck in my head all day every time I hear it.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:03:56 +0000

Oh, and “ray bands”? Is that supposed to be cute or is she just daft?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:02:50 +0000

Not offensive, just lame. Seems more like a Benny Hill knockoff in style, just w/less bewbs. But BBoy IS a cutey, so I have to appreciate that.

By: deep

deep — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:04:09 +0000

"i guess there is a parallel... if that is the only other story of a white girl marrying an Indian that you have heard."

Don't really see what this has to do with rickshaw drivers... This guy is obviously not a rickshaw driver, the context is completely different.

By: le khoof

le khoof — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:46:27 +0000

vicked

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:45:55 +0000

I guess. But couldn't that parallel be likened to anyone from anywhere meeting/falling in love with anyone from anywhere in the streets of X city/town/village?

Mentioning class does not imply better. Just different situations. One involves hipster people in white sunglasses and red converse sneakers dancing. The other involves people from quite different backgrounds meeting and going on dates and falling in love, meeting family, and getting married.

I can think of a million more white girl meets Indian boy stories that remind me of this video a lot more than the girl who married the jaipuri rickshaw driver. i guess there is a parallel... if that is the only other story of a white girl marrying an Indian that you have heard.

By: M

Fri, 06 May 2011 04:41:19 +0000

I wasn’t offended, but slightly confused by, the girl’s “Walk Like an Egyptian” moves. And yes, the guy danced way better than Ranbir did in the not-so-original song. I still like the ’70s version best.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:36:54 +0000

I wasn't aware that the white chick who married the rickshaw driver fell in love/dated in the literal streets.

"I can see that you are offended by the allegorical simplification of a biracial romance in India, but by making a classist statement saying that this story is different because they are "middle class" and implying that they are better than that, does not make your argument at all better. It makes it worse actually. Classist."

Huh?

By: atomicfunk07

atomicfunk07 — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:35:02 +0000

haha the dude in this danced better than ranbir kapoor did in the remake. and the dude in this was a terrible dancer until the end bit.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:23:50 +0000

Well, yeah. Cuz you see this is the story of a White American girl that eventually falls in love with a Brown Indian Man in the streets of India. And the story of the white girl marrying a rickshaw driver is ALSO the story of a White American girl that eventually falls in love with a Brown Indian Man in the streets of India.

So you see, there's a actual parallel there. A simile. Class no bar.

I can see that you are offended by the allegorical simplification of a biracial romance in India, but by making a classist statement saying that this story is different because they are "middle class" and implying that they are better than that, does not make your argument at all better. It makes it worse actually. Classist.