Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Slumdog Millionaire
Wow, great presentation everyone. I love the movie and seeing the clips and hearing your short comments was interesting. The fact that a boy who has the ability to read, but growing up really had no proper form of education is an issue we have been discussing a lot recently. The social justice issues that he had to works and survive on his own is not the lifestyle any child should live. This is a great story though because through the experiences he faced throughout his life he was able to educate himself enough to answer the questions. He was not book smart, but street smart. The other injustice issue is the fact that they beat him. He was honest and knew the information, yet used electric and other forms of torture to try to get him to confess he was getting help. I actually read an article in the newspaper that mentioned the two young actors did not get the amount of money that was deserving and they were actually from the slums. Producers tried to take advantage of them knowing they had little power. I am not sure how accurate this is and I read it a while ago. If anyone knows the true news report please share .
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I agree with you, Stacey. This story is so touching to hear and read about. I had seen the movie before the presentation and I was just amazed by the beauty of India and the characters' adventures and struggles that each of them had gone through. It was definitely sad to see an innocent man getting tortured for a ridiculous reason although this is not the first time this situation had occurred. Luckily, the story had a happy ending which I personally loved.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did remember hearing about the two young actors not getting the money that they were supposed to get from the movie. Luckily, the producers had set up funds for the two young actors to go to school and support any financial needs for the families.