{"id":151,"date":"2004-08-09T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2004-08-09T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=151"},"modified":"2005-01-14T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T05:48:17","slug":"a_message_from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/09\/a_message_from\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from Kal Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, if you haven’t seen Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle<\/a>, you’re a turd and you don’t know what you’re missing. Using my unparalleled Desi-in-SF connections, I had a chance to hit a sneak preview a week before the flick opened for the proletariat.<\/p>\n\n

I’m a tough critic (albeit with a softspot for juvenile slapstick humor) and I was frankly bursting in laughter throughout the flick. If my recommendation ain’t enough to compel you to part with your hard earned $8, then perhaps this message from Kal Penn might convince you<\/a> –<\/p>\n\n

Remember when “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” came out and no one would sit next to you in school because they thought you had monkey-brains and snakes in your sandwich?… Unfortunately, most of us within the South Asian American community have had negative experiences with media images.<\/blockquote>\n\n
…I might be biased since I`m IN the film, so I`ll quote my mom (she loved it too). I believe her words were, “Very nice beta.” She was joined by Ebert & Roeper who gave us “Two Thumbs Up” (the physical gesture, not the Indian soda).<\/blockquote>\n\n

Entertainment or community service, whatever the motive, go check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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