Word: stupidity
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...according to Pring-Wilson’s attorney, Jeffrey Denner, any suggestion that Pring-Wilson was at all involved in the Colorado murder is “insulting, stupid and crazy...
...think that scene is stereotypical, then you are very stupid, very corrupted," Adoor says to Nair. "That is very unfair!" Adoor vibrates with indignity. Nair, unruffled, makes a few attempts at qualification, but the director is unsoothed. Finally, Nair gets a chance to make a point, arguing that Adoor's audience, steeped in mainstream movies even if he is not, would not differentiate between his artistically windblown grass and any other. "The audience can't go back to 1941," he argues...
...Adoor takes issue. "Stupid audience!" he says. "I am making a film based only on conviction. When I make the film, I am not acting on behalf of the audience. I expect them to see the film on my terms...
...moment, he seems close to tears, but Nair soon changes the subject and the artistic tempest passes. It's not that Adoor truly thinks segments of his audience are stupid (he prefers the term "uninitiated"); again and again he tells me that he wants more exposure in India. It's just that he refuses to take the audience, or anyone else, into consideration when making a film. If that means the ideal audience for an Adoor Gopalakrishnan film is ultimately Adoor Gopalakrishnan, so be it, and let no one question...
...really pissed off with the way we played,” said tri-captain defender Andrew Crocco. “We were just making stupid mistakes at both ends of the field...