manufacturing rage
Television and Media manufacture rage, is a known secret. However, our reviewers and friends assist them in doing the same. Try having a conversation with your neighbour or a friend about movies such as Arjun Reddy, Padmaavat and note their reaction. I guarantee 100 percent annoyance or anger. I am a known pest and annoying people has been a hobby, I cultivated over the years.
Like a well-grown farm, I have raised a few annoyed friends. They know what to do, when I speak of uncomfortable topics. They are ready with their points. For Example: My Grandmother is ready with her points after watching the News; My Mother knows how to handle my debates; My best friends, who are already well-read, annoy me with their lyrical nonsense...(the list goes on).
Back to the main point: Manufacturing Rage. My annoyance with movies such as 7/G Brindavan Colony and Arjun Reddy, will never end.
I dislike these movies because:
a. they objectify love and women
b. they make an ordinary day, seem special
a. This is a common norm in songs, movies, since time immemorial. In this movie, the hero stares at the woman so hard, it makes you feel uncomfortable. While I commend the writers and directors for making an ordinary middle class person nervous about our minuscule existence, I also feel that the movie could have portrayed a Colony Life, sensitively. It was like a head-shaving experience at Tirupati (for a woman!) -- rough, hard and scarring (effective, though).
b. There is nothing amazing about wearing a chequered lungi and buying milk or standing in the queue of the butcher's shop and waiting for your turn. Flies, Winged Insects sit on your shoulders, the stench of your meat doesn't leave the tip of your nostrils and you feel nauseous. There is nothing special about mundane activities.
More recently, Padmaavat, manufactured our hidden rage. It portrayed the famous queen in an indecent manner. I have watched the movie and I have noticed nothing that made me angry. On the contrary, I blushed with pride. Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao, outshined their earlier bleak performances. We must stop shaming artists and directors, who are soft targets, and continue to appreciate their efforts.
Thus, the seekers who seek, must continue; while the believers should remain gatekeepers; else people like you and me, busy in our mundane lives, will never stop by the roadside chai wala dabba or the magazine shop spread on the pavement to glance at articles about 'controversial films,' and then watch it and write about it.
Thanks, activists.
Like a well-grown farm, I have raised a few annoyed friends. They know what to do, when I speak of uncomfortable topics. They are ready with their points. For Example: My Grandmother is ready with her points after watching the News; My Mother knows how to handle my debates; My best friends, who are already well-read, annoy me with their lyrical nonsense...(the list goes on).
Back to the main point: Manufacturing Rage. My annoyance with movies such as 7/G Brindavan Colony and Arjun Reddy, will never end.
I dislike these movies because:
a. they objectify love and women
b. they make an ordinary day, seem special
a. This is a common norm in songs, movies, since time immemorial. In this movie, the hero stares at the woman so hard, it makes you feel uncomfortable. While I commend the writers and directors for making an ordinary middle class person nervous about our minuscule existence, I also feel that the movie could have portrayed a Colony Life, sensitively. It was like a head-shaving experience at Tirupati (for a woman!) -- rough, hard and scarring (effective, though).
b. There is nothing amazing about wearing a chequered lungi and buying milk or standing in the queue of the butcher's shop and waiting for your turn. Flies, Winged Insects sit on your shoulders, the stench of your meat doesn't leave the tip of your nostrils and you feel nauseous. There is nothing special about mundane activities.
More recently, Padmaavat, manufactured our hidden rage. It portrayed the famous queen in an indecent manner. I have watched the movie and I have noticed nothing that made me angry. On the contrary, I blushed with pride. Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao, outshined their earlier bleak performances. We must stop shaming artists and directors, who are soft targets, and continue to appreciate their efforts.
Thus, the seekers who seek, must continue; while the believers should remain gatekeepers; else people like you and me, busy in our mundane lives, will never stop by the roadside chai wala dabba or the magazine shop spread on the pavement to glance at articles about 'controversial films,' and then watch it and write about it.
Thanks, activists.
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