[lbo-talk] A fairy tale of Mumbai

[Wendy Lyon]

On 24/02/2009, James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> The newspapers here in the UK are basking in the patriotic glow of the success of the film Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars, which, considering how much the film owes to India, seems weirdly parasitical.

Hell, the British media are notorious for that sort of thing - at
least on this side of the Irish Sea. You're guaranteed to find at
least one Paddy on any list of "British" success stories.

If Slumdog Millionaire had tanked at the box office and won absolutely
nothing, it would be an "Indian film" all the way ...