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Slumdog Millionaire Child Actress Put "Up For Sale" By Her Father
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Sun Dec 6
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He technically hasn't seen very much money. To say that this is her money is seeing it in a very western individual-oriented way.
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in india kids typically live at home till theyre married and the family functions as a single unit financially. traditionally, the little girls money would benefit the whole family.
this makes me mad at the dad, but also at the folks in charge of making sure the kids are monetarily compensated. way to assume things in indian slums work like they do in the west, producers of slum dog millionaire.
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I mean, the kids are living in relative squalor while the producers and studio quite clearly, are not.
I understand that its not the studios 'responsibility', per-say, to look after these kids..but I also find it difficult to let them off the hook while feeling angry at the father (which I do).
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There is a whole huge city that doesn't exist on Las Vegas Boulevard. My husband and I got married here and it was (I think, anyway) classy and lovely and warm.
/defense of city
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Testify! Tell people about the other side of your city. The jokes and stereotypes just come out of ignorance.
/Jersey girl, from the land of mountains and beaches and forests and farms and pretty towns and good schools, many jobs, and exceptional medical facilities.
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@BettyCrockerPunkRocker: I was born here, so I've heard it all. This is probably why it's so old for me. It's like, really? I heard that when I was eight. Try a new one.
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Remember that time that you two were sitting in the backseat of the car while I was in typical Bay Area traffic and one of you pulled the other's hair and then the other one bit back and then someone called someone a "buttface" and started threatening to rip up someone else's Pokemon cards? When I said under my breath that I would sell both of you for a plane ticket to Hawaii and a large bottle of Prosecco I was JOKING. You didn't hear me, but I promise I won't sell you, nor will I entertain the notion. If I had known it was a very real option that people actually think about doing, I wouldn't have joked about it.
Love,
mom
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But on the other hand, although I understand why the filmmakers would create trusts for the actors, wouldn't they also have thrown some rupees at the families? It would only seem fair.
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The rest of its stuff... pinch of salt imho. It's basically The Sun on Sunday.
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Anyway, some stars that say stuff like that do it so that everyone will be SO SHOCKED when they "change their mind" and have a big lavish wedding complete with photos sold to People Mag for millions.