Rocket Surgeon
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Vance, if Indiana Jones traveled through Ireland and everyone he encountered were drunken Irishmen I could comfortably say "that's a stereotype".Vance said:I'm going to have to disagree here. The dinner scene was pretty deliberately a slander on India in general. And, remember, this was 1984. Most major US cities already had Indian buffets by this time, and had some exposure to Indian culture. It was a hateful scene, played up as laughs, at the expense both of India and of the 'stupid American audience who thinks this is what it's really like'.
Dude, the world wasn't a black abyss of ignorance before his holiness Pope Al Gore the II invented the Internet for us. We damn well knew better in 1984. Really, there was no excuse for it then, any more than having a mainstream movie with a 'sketch' about black men eating chicken and watermelon.
And yes, it is exactly the same thing.
I'm familiar with this portrayal.
Its obvious by your choice of words you're emotionally moved by the perception of racism during the Pankot Dinner Scene...the most striking phrase you used was "insanely racist."
What is your definition of racist and what exactly happens in the scene that fits your definition?
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