just saw Big Sick (the indian dude from silicon valley) produced by Judd Apatow

[the cool]

looks like a comedy but wasn't really at all imo. had some funny lines of course but this movie was based on a true story on the indian dudes real life.


i walked out 30 mins in

 

[re'up]

I really liked it, very much the best of Apatow on display here, kind of behind the scenes of comedians (which has been such a trend lately) romantic dramedy, it's on par with "Funny People", which is his best work, I think. There were a half dozen or so really funny moments, and more then enough small laughs. Solid performance by all the supporting players. I would have def. switched the cool Pakistani girl for the pale white girl though.

 

[Tasha And]

Some of those Pakistani women

I'm glad I went in without knowing what it was about. It took a completely different turn from what I was expecting, and I was really drawn in to the dynamic between Kumail and the girls parents. They had great chemistry.

I really enjoyed the film.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

The commercial that came on tv pointed out the Indian dude was thirsting after a white bytch.

Why would I want to watch a comedy about a Desi c00n?

 

[KingBeez]

I was just waiting for @track 1 to tell me the time stamp where he left

 

[rantanamo]

read some article where Desi chicks were goin in on this dude.

 

[MikeyC]

read some article where Desi chicks were goin in on this dude.

As par for the course.

 

[StickStickly]

@rantanamo do you have a link for that article?

 

[RennisDeynolds]

This dude is an atheist, so why is he making a movie posing as a Muslim? These guys are pushing for diversity but their big roles have them lusting after white women?

 

[FlyRy]

This dude is an atheist, so why is he making a movie posing as a Muslim? These guys are pushing for diversity but their big roles have them lusting after white women?

As far as I know this movie is based on their real life relationship :smugford:

 

[RennisDeynolds]

As far as I know this movie is based on their real life relationship :smugford:

Fair enough . I'm fine with people being atheist or whatever religion and having interracial relationships in real life, my point was just to say these movies and shows (i.e. Master of None) never show the woman of color as an object of desire. It's always a white woman/man as the ultimate goal in romance.

Watch every commercial nowadays and notice how there are mainly ir couples (which is actually good considering ppl were fake outraged about that cheerios commercial years back), but what's wrong with showing a black couple or an asian couple? Notice how they make it out as something brave when this shyt happens everyday and is perfectly normal...

*Takes tinfoil hat off and goes outside*

 

[the cool]

This dude is an atheist, so why is he making a movie posing as a Muslim? These guys are pushing for diversity but their big roles have them lusting after white women?

In the movie he says he's not Muslim. He goes down to the basement and pretends he praying and goes back upstairs so his parents thinks that he prayed. He was playing games on his phone.

 

[the cool]

As far as I know this movie is based on their real life relationship :smugford:

It is. They show the real life parents and the white girl at the end

 

[StickStickly]

In the movie he says he's not Muslim. He goes down to the basement and pretends he praying and goes back upstairs so his parents thinks that he prayed. He was playing games on his phone.

hmm. is this movie anything that Aziz Ansari hasn't already done?

 

[Tasha And]

This dude is an atheist, so why is he making a movie posing as a Muslim? These guys are pushing for diversity but their big roles have them lusting after white women?

It's addressed in the movie. It's a big plot point.