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...least, this is what I’ve learned from Gurinder Chadha’s (Bend It Like Beckham) newest film, Bride and Prejudice...
...Bend It Like Beckham, Chadha presented an Indian story in a Western setting with a strongly traditional Western style. This time out, she proves her directorial versatility by offering up a classic tale from Western culture, but tinting it with a distinctly Eastern lens. As the title suggests, the movie is an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice, but instead of taking place in the pastoral setting of 18th century England, the camera takes us through modern-day India, London, Los Angeles, and back again with the fantastical themes of Bollywood following throughout...
Coming in the wake of other “intro to new ethnicities” films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Chadha’s own Bend it Like Beckham, Bride distinguishes itself by introducing its viewers to Indian culture through both content and style. By employing the understated romance, unconvincing fight scenes and, of course, the ridiculous song-and-dance sequences of a Bollywood musical, Chadha introduces her viewers to both the Indian way of life and the Indian way of cinema. Essentially, Gurinder Chadha has had her cake and eaten it too; she has treated...
ForallthenoiseaboutBollywood, most North American filmgoers have yet to see the real thing. And maybe they never will. So how about an Anglo- Indian compromise? That's what Gurinder Chadha, whose Bend It Like Beckham was a surprise hit in 2003, has in mind with her Jane Austen adaptation, Bride & Prejudice: star-crossed love, family-values conflict, lots of vigorous song and dance. The only differences are it's in English and, at 1 hr. 51 min., it's about an hour short of a full-length Indian epic...
...BACKWASH On the airwaves, Pepsi ads with David Beckham and other star soccer players were withdrawn because of their surfing themes. American Express nixed a commercial featuring surfer Laird Hamilton's gushing about big waves, and British Airways suspended a month's worth of holiday-package...