'Slumdog Millionaire'
The trailer of 'Slumdog Millionaire' starts off with a shot of the slums. This overall represents the day to day livings of each person living in this poverty filled society. The importance of giving the audience a shot straight away is to ensure that they grasp the anchorage meaning of the title 'Slumdog' so that they become aware throughout the end that the story line will be related to someone from this 'slum' throughout the remaining trailer.
The trailer represents the indian characters in many different ways. One shot we see a capably bright boy who has the ability to make it on to the telivision show 'Who wants to be a Millionaire' however due to him being from a slum and actually being able to win £1m shows that there are labels stuck to him. The labels show this boy being stereotyped as a cheat and liar as he is just labeled as a 'slumdog' who simply, 'cannot know the answers.'
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This in a way represents indians in a negative way, simply due to the fact that, just because some people do not have the best of lives, they are bound to be a failure. This brings in elements of the 'oriental' stereotypes' of how although the lead character 'Jamal' is uneducated, he is definately wise
NANDY = Colonization; the colonized have been brutalized by the colonizers. This shows thta as Jamal is labeled as a 'Cheat' that he is represented as the colonized in this movie, because he is the one that is being abused here. However, the colonizers are non other than people from his own race, yet due to their authoritive power and elite background, Jamal is seen as the weaker role as he is a 'slum dog' which makes it easier for him to be the character or have the emotional feelings/qualities the colnizers are not supposed to have.
Danny Boyle on India
Danny boyle simply talks about the way it was for him to go to india and to make the film. There are scenes shown from the movie of little kids running around through the streets of the indian shanty town areas. This is not representing India in a negative way as it is a true insight of reality, which is not portrayed in the media often. This is the reason why some people may say that India is being represented in a negative way.
Danny Boyle talks about India in a positive way throughout the clip and the way life really is for some people.
British Asians
Poorna Shetty talks about the reactions of people from the asian community and whether they agree with th representations shown on screen. P.Shetty says 'I feel Boyle's depiction of Mumbai is spot on.' Shetty says how she agrees with the way Boyle has depicted Mumbai. This is true as Boyle is giving the audience a real Taste of Mumbai. The goods and bads. Although at places Indians have been represented as negative, where the slums and poverty and how every kid is devious through the way they manage to trick people into buying things just to make a living. As well as there being begative people within a community who aim in making money by using and abusing these children. There are also positive represenatations, for instance, the knowledge of this 'Slumdog' is so great, that he manages to win himself £1m, all based around different stories from his childhood.
Although some people are relieved that India has now had the oppurtunity to be shown as the way it really is for some people in the poorer areas, it has also become an issue for others. The representation of the cops beating up this young man who is telling the truth clearly shows that India's authoritive figures areebing stereotyped as ones to take bribary as well as use illegal ways to find out the truth, even if it means that the man may be innocent. This is a highly negative representation, it could be saying how Certain countries are more in controll as they have a controlled legal role in the way they treat their criminals/suspects, however, as India is not such a rich contry, it lacks the way it treats others etc.
Poverty Porn
This article is all about the way that the movie is trying to represent similar links between what is actually happening in the poorer parts of India. However, the writer argues how many different directors have also come along to India and done the same, Filemed a movie, Won awards, and then carried on, never revisiting the area or thinking again about these issues. Ian Jack explains how a lot of research has been carried out, however the fcat that some people from the indian industry alone disagree shows that they may totally disagree with the way the asian lifestlyes and communitys are being represented in this movie.
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