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...subplot between Desi Speakenglish (Matthew I. Bohrer ’10) and his robot Betty Boopbeepboopboop (Daniel V. Kroop ’10) lacks the humor and energy of the main storyline. Set in a stereotypical 1950s restaurant, “Desi’s Diner,” the scene that introduces these two characters drags down the momentum of the show’s opening with uninteresting choreography, weak vocal performances, and consistently unfunny references to computer applications and the Internet that seem out of place. The character of Desi Speakenglish, while mildly amusing, is neither well developed...
...time when men were men, women were men in drag, and illegal aliens were from space.”Opening at the New College Theatre on February 5, 2010, “Commie Dearest” includes such characters as 50s housewife and witch Sadie Magicword, Cuban diner owner Desi Speakenglish, half-fish Marlin Monroe, and gay ballplayer Doug Out—all acted by men, as per HPT tradition. The villains of the show, Communist sympathizer Pink Lady Bobbie Sox and nefarious Communist potato Spud Nick, devise a plan to freeze the world. The co-writers are working tirelessly...
...through the '90s, movies houses in the Chinatowns of big U.S. cities showed Hong Kong films; and as the Desi community grew in the States, a nationwide chain of about 50 theaters played Indian hits. But Chinese and Hindi speakers mostly saw their favorite pictures the way we fanboys did: by renting them at specialized stores. Since the films were getting little official attention here, we video savants had two underground treasure troves all to ourselves. (See TIME's All-Time 100 Greatest Movies...
...respondent explained that it "tells you that they're responsible at least for something, for the care of something." Or, in the McCains' case, many somethings: their menagerie includes turtles Cuff and Link, many fish, some parakeets, Oreo the cat and four dogs, among them terriers Lucy and Desi. Obama could take comfort in his 14-point lead among non--pet owners, except that they form a distinct minority of U.S. households...
...Many Indians born in America have tended to sympathize with other people of color, identifying their lot with other immigrants, the poor, the underclass… None of this for Bobby.” The unpleasant truth is that he’s a desi hero for the wrong reasons—lauded not for his beliefs but for his race...