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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...
...most successful step in director Andy Tennant’s (Sweet Home Alabama, Ever After) path to becoming the next Gerry Marshall (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries) and Will Smith’s quest to becoming the most non-threatening and charismatic African-American in popular culture since Fat Albert...
Worries about fat thighs, too many helpings of FroYo topped with generic sugary cereal and the wish that the dreaded ‘freshman fifteen’ phenomenon were accurate (that College weight gain stops after the first year, and after fifteen pounds)—these are all concerns we might be tempted to associate with female undergrads. Yet, while the female population is brimming with disturbed weight and body image concerns, these problems are spilling over the gender barrier; the incidence of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder—a pathology characterized by preoccupations with an imagined...
Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’d tell Chris Farley not to O. D. on drugs, cuz man that fat man is funny...
...empowering state parties has some real advantages. If state parties have the resources and the autonomy to do their thing, they can be more effective than a national bureaucracy. When people think of the Democratic “Party establishment,” they often imagine a bunch of fat white guys sitting in a smoke-filled room throwing darts at kittens. In the standard caricature, Party activists are out of touch with “the people.” Conservatives say they’re too liberal. Liberals say they’re too corporate...