But “the market”—like “dialectical materialism”—is just an abstraction: at once ultra-rational (its argument trumps all) and the acme of unreason (it is not open to question). It has its true believers—mediocre thinkers by contrast with the founding fathers, but influential withal; its fellow travelers—who may privately doubt the claims of the dogma but see no […]
Never underestimate the genetic propensity of Indians to inflict hideous torture on their fellow citizens. The other day we made the godawful mistake of going to Karaikudi Chettinad on Oak Tree Road in Edison (NJ) and, man, it’s a miracle we’re still alive to tell y’all this sordid tale of woe, misery and suffering. Folks, in […]
Folks, here’s some good news. Salman ‘criminal‘ Khan’s latest crappy film Dabangg has crashed at the U.S. box office. Hell, the movie couldn’t even hit the $300,000 mark in the second weekend here. And to think that the clowns in India are making such a big ado about this nonsense. Here’s how Dabangg fared at […]
If you want to get a sense of a film industry, may we humbly suggest you start with the names of the movies coming out of the region. Take for instance, Telugu films aka Tollywood. Made by simians from Andhra Pradesh blissfully unaware of the meaning of the words art, culture or quality, Telugu language […]
For the last few days, we’ve had the restless itch to watch a good Hollywood movie. Voila, our wish was granted this afternoon with The Town. Featuring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall, The Town is a lovely tension-filled crime thriller set in Boston. A crime thriller set in Boston? Aha, reminds you schmucks […]
We have little doubt that most of our readers are schmucks who get their jollies mostly at the sight of Bollywood stars buffoons like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar et al on the big screen. In the fond hope that there are at least a few readers who enjoy better things in life, we write this […]