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4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days Review – Outstandingly Disturbing Romanian Movie

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Jan 282011
 
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(For SI Blog reader Trishna)

Mr. Bebe (to the girls): I forgot something important.

Don’t throw the fetus in the toilet. It’ll block it. Whole or in pieces.

And don’t bury it where the dogs can dig it up.

Wrap it up nicely, take a bus, get off at a high-rise, go to the 10th floor and throw it down the rubbish chute.

Understand?

We’re for unfettered abortion or as they’d say in Amreeka we belong in the Pro-Choice camp.

A fetus is not a baby.

And life does not begin at conception like those stupid Catholics and Pro-Life whackos like Bobby Jindal believe.

But try telling that to the religious dumkopfs or the political monsters that have outlawed or are desperately trying to outlaw abortion.

Severe Indictment
Set in Communist-ruled Romania in 1987 during the days of the dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days is a powerful indictment of the regime, the corruption, the bureaucracy and more than anything the strict rules against abortion that could lead to long prison sentences for the abortion performer, the ones undergoing it and even the ones facilitating it.

As even you putzheads must have guessed by now, abortion is the leitmotif of this movie which centers around a young college student Gabriela “Găbiţa” Dragut (Laura Vasiliu) taking the risky, illegal steps to end her pregnancy with the active support of her roommate Otilia Mihartescu (Anamaria Marinca).

And the person they approach to undertake the illegal abortion is Mr.Bebe (Vlad Ivanov), a monster in human form preying upon the two girls in dire straits.

Sensing their vulnerable position, Mr.Bebe puts forth a horrific demand to the two girls at the hotel, a demand they can’t easily accept and a demand they can’t easily dismiss. Continue reading »

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India Special Reserve Beer Review – No Big Deal

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Jan 282011
 
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What do you do after watching a depressingly excellent Romanian film like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?

Well, if you were SI, you’d immediately open the fridge and take out an ice-cold bottle of India Special Reserve Beer, place it in the freezer for a few minutes to cool it further and scrounge for some Indian snack.

You see, when we eat we like something to drink and when we drink we wanna eat something. No wonder, we look like the laughing Buddha or an overstuffed Ganesh minus the rat. :(

Pouring the by-now coold India Special into a beer glass and with some ‘mixture’ from the Flushing Ganesh Temple, NYC as a side, we sat down in front of our PC to type this blog post for all ye nothing-better-to-do schmucks.

Unlike our previous Arrogant Bastard Beer, India Special is your typical beer-colored beer, i.e. pale golden yellow.

Made in India by a company called Blossom Industries Limited in Daman, the beer costs $3.99 at the local rude Gujju ‘Chutiya’ Patel’s liquor store.

The beer has a good Barley smell, not the slightly fruity smell we got with Arrogant Bastard.

Taste-wise, India Special has a slightly bitter taste the moment it hits your tongue.

The beer was not bad from a taste perspective, and mercifully didn’t have the cheap Budweiser taste. But at the same time wasn’t anything extraordinary either.

With just 5% alcohol, a 22-oz (650-ml) bottle didn’t give us even a mild buzz.

Truth be said, we suspect even the 5% alcohol mentioned on the bottle. Must be lesser.

But then we were drinking this on an over-loaded desi stomach stuffed to the gills with Spinach Dal, Rice, Baingan Curry and Lime Aachar.

Bottom line, we wouldn’t recommend India Special.

Pay one buck more, and get a better beer like the Arrogant Bastard.

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U.S. Restaurants Still Struggling

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Jan 282011
 
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Hard times continue for U.S. restaurants, including, of course, Indian dining establishments in NYC and elsewhere.

The recession has taken a severe toll on restaurants forcing several to close or offer discounts and specials.

And now comes news that the bad times for restaurants are not only not disappearing but things could even get worse.

Market researcher Mintel has found from its surveys that 24% of restaurant-goers plan to spend less at restaurants in 2011 than they did last year.

According to Mintel’s director of foodservice research Eric Giandelone:

Even with the economy on the mend, consumers are still very cautious about increasing their restaurant spending. The restaurant industry grew 2.1% to reach $403.5 billion last year, but if restaurant-goers reduce how much they spend when they eat out, or only spend as much as they did last year, restaurants could have a slow recovery ahead of them.

Only 10% are expected to spend more this year.

Indian restaurants too are struggling. Hello, anybody surprised? Who in their right minds (except Indians with their preference for all things weird) would eat those smelly curries and sticky Gulab Jamuns?

Several NYC Indian restaurants have shut down and others are offering big discounts in desperate hopes of getting diners into the door. We expect more NYC Indian restaurants to kiss the dust.

Since most Indian restaurants treat Indian diners cavalierly and with mucho disdain and sometimes even serve spoiled food, let’s not shed any tears for these struggling bozos.

Why are Restaurants Struggling?
The primary reasons are the recession/shaky economy and high unemployment.

So, they’re increasingly doing the hitherto unimaginable – eating at home.

Restaurant consulting firm Technomic Inc’s executive VP Darren Tristano told the AP the other day:

People are becoming not only accustomed to eating at home, they’re enjoying it. They can sit in front of their 50-inch flat-screens and not have to tip a waiter.

Related Stories:
Turbulence Continues at NYC Indian Restaurants; Sukhadia’s Kisses the Dust; Who’s Next?

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English for Schmucks – Come Out of the Closet

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Jan 282011
 
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Come out of the closet is a fairly common phrase, one we encounter at least once a month.

So what does the phrase mean?

Come out of the closet means to disclose publicly that one is a homosexual (now don’t ask us what a homosexual means).

Example:

Isn’t it time for Bollywood producer Narendra Johar to come out of the closet? After all, rumors of the pansy’s predilection for men have been circulating for years.

By the way, come out carries the same meaning.

Can’t but wonder how many of our readers want to come out of the closet but just don’t have the cojones to take that big step. ;)

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