Even the sock puppets want in on Slumdog

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Via Harbeer comes this video: a sock-puppet parody of, what else, Slumdog Millionaire:

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Although, I am not sure what I think of the Punjabi MC performance at the end.

23 thoughts on “Even the sock puppets want in on Slumdog”

  3. Thats some funny stuff. Anil Kapur has become some kind of a mini-legend as the host of millionaire. I have seen lots of parodies where they play off his mannerisms in the movie.

  6. Salim didn’t rape her, though. At least that’s not how I interpreted it.

    I thought it was clearly the reason for the “her value as a virgin” to imply that Salim made a deal with Javed, giving him something of value in exchange for his protection.

    He had to get Jamal out, because Jamal would never agree to it.

    Jamal probably realized it once he saw Latika at Javed’s place. Along with the fact that Salim told him part of it, that he had to escape from their former boss.

  7. That is not to say, selling her to be raped isn’t just as bad as actually raping her yourself.

    But… just a nitpick.

  9. What does he win in this? Sorry, but I replayed that part 5 times and still don’t get it.

    I thought the goofy song in the end went well with the clip.

  11. Just saw Anil Kapoor on the Soup — funny appearance promoting the DVD release — asked Joel McHale questions like what was Satyajit Ray;s first film. He was a big ham, and a great sport.

  13. I still have no desire at all to see this movie even though you can rent it now.

    I just picture that guy doing alot of heavy breathing and alot of “LAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIKKKKKAAAAAA”

    THE END

    Am I right or am I missing something?

    And I read something about that actress who plays Latika being the next Bond girl. She is pretty, but not Hale Berry pretty.

  14. was it me or were the people at the oscars making fun of slumdog? i think it’s me, i get offended too easily especially when indian things are involved

  16. Why are Indians celebrating this crap? It’s not an indian movie and it’s the worst kind of poverty porn.

  17. What exactly is “poverty porn” anyways? I see this term get thrown around all the time, but never any clear definition of what it means.

  18. sdsdsdsd:

    It’s not an indian movie

    I’ve come around on that point. Elizabeth–the movie– had an Indian director but the story and the actors were all English or Anglo. It won some Oscars and nobody called it an Indian movie. It was inconceivable. Likewise, Slumdog has a British director–almost everything else is Indian or of Indian origin. It too won some Oscars and now it is a British movie! Ok, ok, I too think of it as a British movie but that’s only because I have been so brainwashed into going along with whatever the white man says. Thank god for Indians (in India). They’ve set me straight on so many of these points.

  19. What exactly is “poverty porn” anyways? I see this term get thrown around all the time, but never any clear definition of what it means.

    Don’t worry. The people who use it don’t have any idea what it means, either.

    If they were smart enough to know what it meant, they’d find their own phrase rather than steal one that’s been used a million times because they have absolutely no imagination to use their own words.

  21. I’ve come around on that point. Elizabeth–the movie– had an Indian director but the story and the actors were all English or Anglo. It won some Oscars and nobody called it an Indian movie. It was inconceivable. Likewise, Slumdog has a British director–almost everything else is Indian or of Indian origin. It too won some Oscars and now it is a British movie! Ok, ok, I too think of it as a British movie but that’s only because I have been so brainwashed into going along with whatever the white man says. Thank god for Indians (in India). They’ve set me straight on so many of these points.

    Good observation. I think I will also start calling SDM an India film. Why not?

    And come on, we all know it was a good movie. Not the greatest film ever made, but a good flick nonetheless, and definetly not a waste of a taxpayer’s time or money.

    Don’t hate. Appreciate.

  22. Slumdog Millioniare changes life of diasporic desi;

    I have felt the tension of my mixed identity my entire life. Growing up, I just wanted to be like the other kids. I didn’t believe in what was being forced on me and the attention I received for being so different made it worse. Eventually I dismissed the culture completely. My discontent led me so far as to avoid anything related to my Pakistani heritage, books, movies, music, people…anything. Something changed. I saw “Slumdog Millionaire” only because it was required for one of my film classes. To my surprise, I was fully engaged in the film from the start to the Bollywood finish. The film portrays India candidly, which is what drew me in. The dusty streets teeming with people reminded me of my life in Pakistan and visits to India. Seeing the children beggars who were forcefully mutilated in the film brought back the feelings of seeing these abused children in real life.

    Taken from a Sepia Mutiny news tab source;

    http://unlvrebelyell.com/2009/03/26/veganize-me-a-taste-of-india/