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#and when u say anything against it ur *anti national*
97-liners · 7 months
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God ur so self righteous it hurts 😭 all u ever do is sit here and throw around ur hot takes and opinions and then expect ur little gremlins to agree with you, but as soon as its another person who has a hot take or an opinion that opposes you, and a few people defend them whether it be a friend or an anon, they are evil, and this is just fatphobia aside like this is EVERY "moral" take you have its just all hot garbage and you being a hypocrit 💀 half the time its stuff that you have literally no say on anyway.
Are you a vampire? Have you always been afraid of mirrors?
"Moral backbone" my ass you just say whatever you will think would appeal to various minorities so you can look like the good guy who happens to be blunt. Its not even being blunt you arent cool for being a cunt towards everyone and it will never be cool. Stick to talking about shit that relates to you and maybe, just maybe, people wouldn't hate on you so much. It's no wonder half of caratblr can't stand ur ass
I dont think this take is as bad as that one time, or well multiple times you have shat on peoples writing styles or the content they write about just because it doesnt fit your vanilla cis straight woman narrative, now thats awful
Or maybe the times you've vagueposted about some of your closest moots just for them to still be here, defending your ass when all you do is talk shit about them constantly
you think i’m just saying what i think will appeal to various minorities. it’s really telling that you think people have the political beliefs they do just to look good. like do you really believe people have the beliefs they do performatively? do you find it hard to believe that people hold beliefs not out of a desire to look good, but because that’s what they believe???
also because this is weird: since when have i vagueposted about mutuals. when have mutuals defended me???? like what are you actually talking about … i don’t care if half of caratblr can’t stand my ass, if they’re that willing to support anything just because a fic writer did it, i don’t really care what they think. like i say it here all the time, i don’t care what y’all think of me. just unfollow me if you don’t want me on your dash.
the main thing i have to say here though. “half of the time it’s shit you have no say in anyway” like i don’t have to be black to think that anti-blackness is bad. this goes beyond whatever this anon is talking about — the problem with “listen to x voices” is that, while it’s important to put oppressed viewpoints in the forefront of discussions, it’s not a free pass out of critical thought. ppl forget “listen to x voices” started out in academic study. it wasn’t about the ppl you choose to defend or the viewpoints you hold publicly. and it’s not about minority voices saying “x isn’t harmful” taking precedence over established theory to the contrary. i think this is something ANY poc understands acutely and painfully because it’s always the conservative and white supremacist sellouts that get put to the forefront. (this includes diasporic poc more so than non-minority people native to their nation. like how irritating that bts has a voice on violence against asian americans when their experience as native koreans has NOTHING to do with the diasporic asian experience!?)
it also gives people an out. if you believe that only x people should talk or care about x issues, then that lets you just sit back and say “well, i’m not x so i’m not involved”… and more irritatingly, it gives you the perceived right to say “well I’M a minority so my opinion is right !!!!”. being a person of color doesn’t make me an expert on racism and i don’t pretend to be an expert. there are white anti-imperialist scholars who have a better understanding of racist power structures than i do and i’m not arrogant enough to just write that off because they’re white.
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kitkaf · 3 years
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do indian people have nothing better to do than declare everything love jihad? Like get a fuckin life
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hello-yue-here · 3 years
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Yuetara, zukka, and maiko
yuetara
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1) its not one of my main ships. i dont rlly read fanfic for them but if i see a cute fanart of them ill enjoy it and i think i first started shipping it because of good fanarts for them.
2) i like yuetara because of how similar they are. theyre both women from the water tribe. they both understand the misogyny that they have faced. and they both said f sexism im gonna be a strong woman. i also love the tui and la parallel. moon spirit and ocean spirit parallel COME ON. YUE IS THE MOON. KATARA IS THE MOST POWERFUL WATERBENDER. THEY ARE THE OCEAN AND THE MOON. the push and pull they could give eachother. that dynamic ftw.
3) i guess if i didnt like something about this ship would be the fact that if i read a fic or see a fanart w yuetara then than means in that particular au i wont get any yuekka and yuekka is probably my second favorite ship. but then again if i get yuetara than i could get a plethora of other sokka ships to go with it so my sadness disappears in like two seconds. gosh shipping is hard sometimes until you remember ‘hey i have like fifty different universes in my head. all ur ships can coexist in ur brain olivia’ other than that i really see no downsides to this ship. maybe i wish it had more content. maybe if it had more content id ship it a lot more but its not one of the more popular ships so the content is kinda few n far between on my feed.
zukka:
SHIPPP
1) my boys. my babies. my loves. i watched this show for the first time when it came out on netflix and when it ended i really didnt ship anything other than kataang. i came onto tumblr to find fun atla content and one of the very first things i saw under the atla tag was zukka content. i was like oh? whats this? zukka? interesting... i was intrigued so i found a list of fic recs and i fell in love with the ship. the rest is history. its probably my number one ship because it was my very first ship here and im nostalgic
2) oh boy there is so much i like about this ship. i relate to a shit ton of characters in atla. but sokka and zuko may be the ones i relate to most. i relate to sokka because i tend to feel second best a lot to my friends. i try to stay positive but things rarely go the way i plan or hope for them too and while im happy for my friends and their achievements i oftentimes find myself thinking why cant that be me? and i see this a lot in sokka especially in sokkas master. i dont feel special a lot and idk seeing sokka feel the same way and then realizing he is special kinda helped me realize that im special too. on the flipside i relate to zuko because i have wild anger issues and difficulty dealing w my emotions a lot as well. i get broody and short tempered and insecure very often and i tend to push people away and i refuse to ask for help (the amount of teachers and adults and therapists who have told me its okay to ask for help ur not any weaker because of it is astounding. do i listen to them? .....im working on it.) and i saw a shit ton of this in zuko. book one and two zuko rarely asks for help as seen in the blue spirit and zuko alone and he pushes away uncle so many times and even when the gaang iffers to help him in i think its the chase he tells them to leave. when he finally has his redemption and joins the gaang and lets them kinda become a better person i was so happy. i want that for myself yk. seeing him finally win the agni kai and overcome his family that always told him he was nothing was such a win. my sister and i get along but when we were children we were very much like zuko and azula. it was extremely competitive all the time and there was so much toxicity and sibling drama to a concerning extent. we get along great now which im very happy about but yeah their sibling relationship hit a lil too on the nose for me. seeing as i relate to these character so much and want them ti be happy i want to live vicariously through them so seeing them together is amazing for me to project into them. i love projecting onto fictional characters and with them i can project onto BOTH so its a winwin. plus so many zukka fics are so well written and heartwarming and heartbreaking and emotional and fluffy anf UGH the talent here us astounding.
3) what do i not like about the ship? again the list is long. oops. mainly the toxic shippers. there are so many toxic zukka stans that sometimes make it hard for me to enjoy this ship but hey! thats what the block button is for:) i despise how often people infantilize zuko and completely ruin his character for the sake of making him a soft weak lil boy who needs protecting. thats just not zuko for me. and ive seen many many accounts even state that this kind of portrayal of zuko is rooted in racist stereotypes about asian men (now i am white so i personally have never experiences racism but i feel the need to bring that up because it is wrong and attention needs to be brought to it because a lot of poc fans have criticised this) and the same for sokka. some ppl rlly skew his character and make him a big strong brute and hypermasculine and once again poc fans have said that this take is rooted in racist stereotypes. again! these are just my opinions! this is my favorite ship! but i think its important to acknowledge some of the bad parts of our ships as well and be critical where criticism is needed :))
maiko
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1) I LOVE MAIKO. “i dont hate you” “i dont hate you too” BRUH. my little heart just burst into flames. im sorry guys but maiko is so cute. they hate everything except eachother. BRUH that is one of the cutest tropes. i shipped them the moment i saw them together onscreen and i was so happy when zukos face lit up in the finale when mai came back.
2) “i hate everything but i have a soft spot for you” TAKE MY MONEY I AM A SUCKER FOR THIS. they are so cute together. like zuko is rarely happy in a majority of atla but mai makes him happy and i- 🥺🥺 HE DESERVES IT. and mai is always so supportive of him. when hes stressing out about the war meeting she tries her best to comfort him. and zuko cares about her too. he may not be the best at showing it but oh my god hes TRYING HIS BEST. i think its a very accurate portrayal of teenage relationships because they arent perfect and they do fight but like,, every teenage relationship does that. and even after everything and how he left her in the fire nation she still had his back at boiling rock. she still risked her life against azula to save his butt.
3) the thing i hate about maiko isnt even about maiko. its about antis who think mai is toxic and that zuko deserves better. that has got to be the worst take ive ever heard. they had a fight in ember island. that is NORMAL. they are teenagers. they are not perfect. but underneath all the rough edges and things they need to work out they still care about eachother so freaking much. i genuinelt believe that neither of them would do anything to intentionally hurt the other and i think thats what matters the most. if anything mai is the best girlfriend in the entire world because zuko fucked up like,, quite a few times. he got rlly jealous and dumped her thru a letter and ppl always say that mai was toxic for being mad at him for those two things. umm she had every right to be mad at him for both of those. and while zuko is allowed to feel his emotions and be angry sometimes as well sometimes he needs to think things thru and realize that hey maybe some if this jealousy is unfounded. BUT EVEN THEN. HE RESPECTED HER FEELINGS AND DIDNT TOUCH HER WHEN SHE SAID DONT TOUCH ME. HE RESPECTED HER. so i hate toxic maiko takes because they are literally so wrong in my opinion.
again all of these are just my opinions!! feel free to agree or disagree but please be respectful!! i will respect whatever u think as well because this is all just for fun :)
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hopeshoodie · 4 years
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wait can i ask if ur american bc if not u don’t have to answer this but i was thinking the other day about which s2 LI’s would be democrat’s or republicans and i know my baby Lucas would be a republican 😔
Yeah I’m American (hence my inability to understand English school systems and how yall don’t?? just drive for 6 hours??? to go see a friend on the weekend?) I’m a Midwesterner babey- which just means I’m poor, depressed, and statistically more likely to meet a serial killer lmao.
You’re 100% right, Lucas would be a republican. He’d be one of those annoying guys who says “I’m socially liberal but economically conservative” and then argue against food stamps and nationalized healthcare. A real ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ kind of person, despite his parents paying for his education and first car.
The other people that stick out in my head as republicans are 
Rahim- he says he’s a libertarian but... like he’s not anti-military or anything he just likes guns. He definitely is super condescending about welfare ‘if they want my money they need to be drug tested, have a job, have a home, and I get to pick what the foodstamps apply for’.
Jo- I see her as a ‘I’m not like other girls, I’m not a feminist’ kind of person. Rahim definitely likes that about her. 
Graham- idk, that’s just his vibe.
Blake- maybe this is unfair to her, but a lot of the super catty mean-girls I’ve met are evangelical and/or conservative. I can see her being a Girl-Defined-esque person, constantly saying “I’ll pray for you” and judging other women.
Hannah- I forget which blog said it, but Hannah is ABSOLUTELY a rich, horse girl. She makes me think of MacKenzie Bezos- comes from a rich family, gets to go to an elite college and STUDY UNDER TONI MORRISON, but then she’s not actually that great of a writer despite thinking she is. Hannah’s generally just mediocre despite all the advantages she’s been given, and yet still thinks that she worked hard for what she has.
Centrists/non politically active characters would include 
Gary- he just doesn’t engage with political thought much.
Priya- for the same reason as Gary
Rocco- he’s pro-legalization but that’s his only political position- he doesn’t even care about releasing those with drug convictions from prison, he just wants to be able to smoke.
Jakob votes third party.
Carl- he knows that the healthcare system, education system, and prison system need to be reformed, but he doesn’t really engage with it because it doesn’t directly affect him. He’s anti-union because that benefits him. Sorry babe, but when we eat the rich I’m coming for you.
The liberal Islanders are:
Hope- she’s a huge Clinton fan. Big on girl power- she wants more lady CEOs rather than not having CEOs who exploit working-class women. DEFINITELY owns a pussy hat.
Henrik- He always votes blue and generally agrees with the mainstream democratic positions, he just doesn’t talk about it much.
Marisol- same as Hope. If you’ve seen all the tiktoks making fun of millennials, I think Marisol is peak millennial. Lots of “lol I’m adulting” and lip-biting in selfies and “you wouldn’t like me before my coffee”. She thinks Obama is the best president we’ve ever had.
I’ve already said I think Noah is a liberal (which for a leftist like me is frustrating because he believes in reform over revolution), but he’s super educated about issues like intersectionalism, feminism, and neo-colonialism. He’s a huge AOC fan. He’s a progressive democrat and thinks the future of the party is people like Ilhan Omar and AOC.
and finally our comrades in arms 
Shannon- she’s a progressive, but still a liberal. Definitely voted for Bernie both times. She’s a huge fan of Elizabeth Warren (and like girl, same)
Kassam is absolutely a low-key leftist boy. He’s read all the theory and if I had to guess I’d pin him as a Trotskyist.  
Lottie!!! My anarchist queen!!! Lottie knows that the healthcare, political, policing, and education system all have deeply rooted racism and classism and believes a de-centralized state is the only way to correct that. Lottie’s one of the witches casting protection spells for BLM protesters. 
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Eurovision 2010s: 65 - 61
65. Michael Schulte - “You let me walk alone” Germany 2018
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[2018 Review Here] (shared with Eugent)
When Germany revealed this homely carrot top  as their entrant I of course IMMEDIATELY rolled my eyes at it. Discount Ed Sheeran, GTFO!! Idk what the general lowdown on Ed Sheeran is, but good lord that man is responsible for some really BORING and GENERIC music (I will never get the obsession with “Perfect”, ever.) and as you can expect that also bled into my initial opinon of Michael.
However, two things. A of all, “You let me walk alone” is a much better song because it is actually VERY catchy, in a good way. ONE love / TWO hearts /  THREE kids / LOVING mum is among the more memorable hooks in this decade. 
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Secondly, Michael’s emotion is *real*. This is a song about his coping with his dead father and well... I am not made from stone. Dude was in GENUINE TEARS during the endgame!! And as someone who deeply loves his father, I can definitely empathize with that message on a personal level.
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There are better songs around. There are better performers around. There is better emotional pull left in this ranking. Regardless, Michael was able to stun me into teary-eyed silence and that is a feat which earns nothing less than RESPECT.
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64. Softengine - “Something better” Finland 2014
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FANTASTIC INDIE ANGELS <333 The appreciation I have to Softengine I have is obvious, yes? Highly energetic indie rock song from one of my favourite Eurovision countries. 😍 That also did VERY well because it’s genuinely that good. Take THAT Finland bullies!!! #HeyaSuomi
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However, Softengine offer even more than just a kickass rock song. They offer some of my favourite song lyrics ever? They are both puzzlingly weird and endearingly ESL Even Human Bound People Rolling Dice Such A Novel Life She Thought While Knowing Nothing At All~
What on earth is Topi singing about? 😍 Well actually, it’s the story of an old man looking back at the life he’s had and.. It actually has a LOT of emotional pull wtf? Take a look at the bridge: 
ALL THESE WORDS SHE MEANT TO SAY TO ME
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ALL THESE WORDS AGAINST MY FAITH
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ALL THESE WORDS BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY
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ALL THESE WORDS  WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER CHANGE
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A wonderful display of juvenile energy that has me coming back craving for me. SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOP 10 but lol it’s Finland when is Finland not getting bullied by people with no taste. 😭
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63. Litesound - “We are the heroes” Belarus 2012
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More rock angels. 😍 However, Litesound rank on the other end of the quality spectrum, being great because of their incompetence.  
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Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything more endearing when the inept give it their all, completely oblivious to their amateurism, a description which -let’s be honest- is “Belarus in Eurovision” is in a nutshell 😍. Well that plus the hilariously rigged NF, remember that ALYONA LANSKAYA originally won Litesound’s NF and then had to bequeath her spot to them when her voting fraud was exposed. 😍 It’s not even the most hilariously rigged NF of the decade though, omg YES we shall discuss that whenever it’s “Samo shampioni’s” turn. 😈
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Anyway, Litesound bring the a double whammy of hilarity with some A+ Bad English diction (let us all sing along)
WONEVER STEN INDO AR WEH WHEEL MEK IT FRU DE DEH CUZ WE AR DA WEINERS WE AR DA GEEROS
WIR BRACKING DOWN DA WALLZ GODDA HIT DE MALL CUZ WE ARE DA GEEROS WE ARE DA DRIMURS
and the fact that all Litesound members look like animals, introducing:
The seahorse
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The afghan greyhound
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the mongoose
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and of course Dima who might be the lovechild of Alsou and an ostrich. 😍
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All of this may make you believe I merely stan Litesound on an ironic level, but I actually LOVE them on an unironic level too. “We are the heroes” is a fun, futuristic electronic rock rollercoaster and Litesound strike a perfect balance between good song, disarming incompetence and going ALL OUT in proving themselves as high quality, laced with high voltage addictive rock beats. SO, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO, I’LL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT! I’M BRACKING DOWN THE WALLS, THEY ARE THE *HEROES*
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62. Justs - “Heartbeat” Latvia 2016
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AGE OF AMINATA <3 what a glorious two-piece act in the herstory of Latvia. To Latvia’s credit they completely reinvented themselves in the Supernova Era, usually resulting in bold entries (and Carousel). 
If "Love injected” was the earthquake that shook Latvia AWAKE with her experimental masterpieces, then "Heartbeat” is the aftershock, providing the same avant garde novelty, but not as impactful with a lesser impact. 
However, to recycle a phrase i’ve already used multiple times, a lesser Aminata is still fucking awesome. “Heartbeat” packs a massive emotional punch, being more aggressive and volatile than its predecessor, which... works out fine actually. Killer lines such as:
YOU’RE MY DESIRE AND MY PAIN BUT ALL THE BATTLES ARE IN VAIN YOU MEAN MORE THAN ANYTHING TO  MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
need an emotionally intense delivery and Justs fucking GOES for it without any inhibitions for his own health and safety 
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and with every passing second
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he gets more into the zone
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right until the end, when he LOSES his voice and is reduced to panting an aspirated ”thank you”. 😍 If you’re going to sing about lost love, you’d better do it by also SCREAMING YOUR LUNGS OUT <3
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61. Hatari - “Hatrið mun sigra” Iceland 2019
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God I’ve been dreading this write-up. Not because of the Hatari stans (lol who is going to complain about getting ranked 61st out of 408), but can I do Hatari justice in print? Hatari weren’t as much as an entry as they were the fiery spirit of mischief, an existential manifestation of defiance, a gestalt of provocative resistance, all contained in the tiny package of two asshole hellraisers.  Yes, assholes.  You see, the one thing you NEED to understand before everything else is that Hatari’s poetic palestine shawl moment is one of grade A assholery. Pulling that at the last sec towards their hosts WAS a dick move and Hatari were fully aware of it. We MUST see this as a fact before we discuss anything else that is also Hatari-related.
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However, that’s precisely the point? Provocation was the sensation that swept the icelandic nation and its idolization became Hatari’s vocation with dedication and its application in the humiliation and the vexation of the Israeli station in support of the Palestine civilization, leaving KAN in devastation after months of the rabid disorganization was a justification well worth the potential probation. In other words: GET REKT KAN SHIT HOSTS HOPE U GET BLACKLISTED LOLOL #Hatredwon 😈 😈. 
ps: still getting the Israelis to cheer for them despite being OPENLY pro-palestine when will ur faves.
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~My reasons~ for ranking Hatari lower post-show are less grounded in the politics (again, they were jerks but... that’s also the entire point of sending Hatari lmfao) and more determined by the actual live performance: I thought Klemens was underwhelming and his parts of “Hatrið mun sigra” were also the fave bits. 😭 On the flipside I thought Matthias was excellent (when he didn’t miss his cue) and I legit laugh out loud each time I see his hilarious OTT facial expressions.
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What a justified use of guyliner <3 The act was yet again a diabolically brilliant clanging of chains, bashing of mallets, grinding of gears, steaming of punk, a satanic cirque du soleil come to rain justice and brimstone down on our hopeless souls. Hatari were the anti-heroes we needed and don’t deserve.
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ps: i hope i will ever find someone who loves me as much as Klemens loves Teresa May. 
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Iceland’s chart looks much better than I thought it would, but the averages actually put them somewhere in the middle on average. Iceland are always hit-or-miss for me, much moreso in the 2010s than in any other decade and it’s largely down to them failing to pick the best available option because, you know, BadTastitis. 
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the next update... will be the FINAL one in this shade of green :o  Yes, we are about to move on to the highest, upperest, bestest tier of Eurovision entries. The mind-blowingly amazing entries that are not off this fucking world. Find out who makes the cut and who doesn’t TOMORROW :o
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sanjuno · 6 years
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from the tone of ur mcu/got fic it seemed like u really hate or at least disiked steve, how come?
Woo boy, okay. So first things first. Let’s clarify the statement. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is a character that has been re-imaged several times dependant on the universe he’s in. Classic and Silver Age Steve is okay. I’m kind ‘meh’ about Steve in 616 and Ultimates.
MCU Steve is everything wrong about American superheroes distilled into one storyline. And it’s not just one thing, it’s many things that build up until I want to set him on fire for the good of the world and all the poor, impressionable fanboys in it.
My issues with Steve in the First Avenger are:
MCU Steve refuses to accept any dissenting opinions and his first resort is always violence instead of debate. He’s manipulative in that he verbally antagonizes people so that they “throw the first punch” so he can feel justified in “standing up to bullies”.
MCU Steve glorifies active military service to the point of outright refusing to support the army in a way he’s actually capable of succeeding at and instead commits treason (lying on the enlistment forms) rather that applying for a support role. To say nothing of the danger Steve’s fellow servicemen would be in covering his ass if he did actually manage to lie his way to the warfront. Plus he completely ignores the fact that Bucky was drafted, which means that Bucky did not willingly enlist.
MCU Steve took steroids that had the proven, recorded side effects of increased aggression, sociopathy, and psychosis in every known survival case.
MCU Steve never finished basic training, and thus never even made it to the rank of Private. He’s never been employed by the US Army. “Captain America” is a stage name, not a real rank. If anything, Steve was a consultant employed by the SSR to deal with Hydra and only Hydra.
My issues with Steve in The Avengers are:
MCU Steve is isolating himself and refuses to take care of his own mental health and stability. He expresses obsessive behaviours and rigid thought processes that make it easy for the Hydra agents embedded in SHIELD to gaslight him about people and the operation of modern society. In short, Steve is ignorant and uneducated in a way that he could easily change but refuses to despite have unrestricted access to the resources he needs, and so any failures or bad judgement calls on his part as a result of his ignorance are on his head. Self-education is the responsibility of every thinking person who wants to interact with the wider world.
MCU Steve doesn’t know how to accept specialist opinions, as proven by his distain for Tony and Bruce’s work in the lab so they can track down the cube. Again, distain for cerebral pursuits such as engineering or computer sciences because there’s no visible effort to show for it aside from the results that are produced once the actually work is over.
More attempts to provoke people into violence when MCU Steve is losing an argument because he doesn’t have the facts to back up his statement.
Takes off on a road trip, but when the hell did MCU Steve have the time to get a motorcycle certification or driver’s license? Does he even have a source of income? Second instance of lawbreaking confirmed.
My issues with Steve in The Winter Soldier are:
MCU Steve has no proof that Sam isn’t a Hydra plant when he goes for help, just a gut feeling. Sorry, but background checks are a thing you need to do before sharing classified information for a reason. Operational security is nothing but a dream at this point.
Doesn’t call Tony to get the Helicarriers shut down. Why? Tony has made multiple public statements that Stark tech in the hands of terrorists goes boom!
Yes, there were Hydra agents in SHIELD but dumping the database just meant that all the good, actually SHIELD agents are the ones who got burned. How many active or retired agents and their families got killed because of that info leak? That’s like burning down your house because you saw a spider.
MCU Steve fucks off and doesn’t go to the hearing, and he never actually gets debriefed about what went down. Once again Steve disrespects governing authority and the due process of laws put in place to protect the public. (Because Bucky, and I’m so sick of that mentality.)
My issues with Steve in Age of Ultron are:
MCU Steve hasn’t told Tony that his parents death was a murder but accuses Tony of lying to them. Tony never lies, he doesn’t have enough of a self preservation instinct to bother lying. But Steve is covering up a murder and still somehow thinks he’s a moral authority.
Blames Tony for Ultron when it’s obvious that (a) Bruce was helping and (b) alien magi-tech bullshit was at fault. Plus JARVIS is dead and Steve doesn’t care despite the fact that it’s obvious Tony is grieving.
Identifies with Wanda, known Hydra volunteer who only switched sides because she was going to get killed by Ultron otherwise. Trusts Wanda’s word over Tony’s, when Wanda’s goal has always been to messily murder Tony and she set an enraged Hulk on a city full of civilians with the intent to kill everyone there. 
Throws the shield when he gets to Tony’s lab while Vision is being born, so yet again violence is the chosen option instead of debate.
My issues with Steve in Civil War are:
MCU Steve is still so ignorant of modern politics that he thinks the UN is a government. Also refuses to respect the right of sovereign nations to say “no” to having the Avengers cross their borders. If Steve wants to operate against human organizations instead of just the random alien invasion then he needs to have oversight and a proper command structure. Otherwise he’s just another extremist pushing his personal agenda on the populace. And that’s the definition of terrorism.
MCU Steve fucks up Bucky Barnes’ chances of being acquitted of Hydra’s crimes when they escape custody by blowing through the anti-terrorist task force and collapse a transit tunnel on civilians during the midday commute. Until that point everything Bucky did was could be filed under Bucky being non copus menti as a result of the Winter Soldier programming and the deliberately, maliciously cultivated PTSD triggers implanted by Hydra. But that chance is gone now because Bucky Barnes was the one “in control” when they fucked up the airport and beat up Tony.
MCU Steve lies to Clint and Scott about the reason they’re fighting. Steve says they needs to stop the other Winter Soldiers from being set loose and that the Accords will stop them from acting, but in reality it all boils down to saving Bucky. Meanwhile everyone on Team Cap gets labelled an international criminal in the end and chances are they aren’t going to be able to go home for years even if they’re very, very lucky.
Bad laws are argued in court and amendments get made if a law infringes on the civil rights of the people it impacts. But MCU Steve doesn’t obey the laws, he has never obeyed the laws, and so he has no fucking goddamned clue about how to work inside the system to get what he wants peacefully. Cue more punching his problems.
LYING OR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION ABOUT A MURDER CASE IS OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND IT’S A CRIME, STEVE.
Breaking people out of prison when they have, in point of fact, broken the law, IS A CRIME, STEVE.
So in summary, MCU Steve is a violent, delusional bully who likes to be the centre of attention and has never believed that the laws apply to him. It’s especially grating because the script writers keep trying to make him a sympathetic character but all I can see is some jacked up white boy on steroids whining because it’s not fair that he needs to be a decent, law-abiding human being. Due Process, Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Harassment Policies, things like that. Also, Steve and Wanda are actually close to the same age in life experience according to the MCU storylines but he marginalizes her and denies her agency by saying she’ “just a kid”, which is the most bullshit patronizing expression of a superiority complex I’ve even seen in media. And that’s why I don’t like MCU’s version of Steve Rogers.
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Pappu(from CatholicsChristian2JaneudhariShivbhakt2JaliTopidhari)
22 yrs Anti incumbency,Demo/gst,farmer distress, patidar agitation, Dalit issue etc..
Bjp had given Gujarat on platter. But Pappu failed to capitalise on it. Credit goes to 3 idiots for increasing congress’s tally along with above-mentioned issues.
New discovery of India JanuadhariShivBhakt played Caste card/communal card to the hilt. He tried his best to create fissures among Hindu through Caste card.
We must give full credit to Pappu for sticking religiously(Christian) to his Speechwriters/Handlers & stagemanagers.
Pappu should have been taken to task for playing Caste/Communal instead u ppl call it masterstroke. It shows intellectual bankruptcy of u & ur ilk.
Pappu has been in politics for past 13 yrs. but he has nothing to show. had there been someone else in his place he would have been shown the door long back in any other country.
his attendance in parliament is abysmal. when he does go to parliament he is either sleeping or building castle in the air.
he had taken a u-turn as per instructions of his Handlers & stagemanagers & indulged in appeasement of hindus at the expense of muslims. suddenly muslims gone off the radar of INC.
he has visited so many temples in such a short span on the eve of gujarat election than his 13 yrs political career put together.
Soniya G used to take her children for mass in church since their childhood. where ultimately Priyanka vadra met her future husband Robert vadra.
so when u r used to church mass then u r bound to make mistake when u visit a temple. why r u hiding ur religion Pappu.
india is not dharmshala or dumping ground of world. sickulars/libtards/leftards/presititues r against deportation of illegal rohingyas living in india also want india to open its gates for more ilegal rohingyas. charity begins at home. so y not begin from ur homes. start with 1 illegal roginhya family. yesterday ilegal bangladeshis, today rohingyas then tomorrow syrian/yemenis. 
rohingyas r involved in terrorists activities. ARSA is headed by pakistani national with blessing from Pakistans deep state. so you want to bring terrorists in our country. before that kindly surrender your Z plus security.
there are so many muslim countries in the world. why are these countries not sheltering rohingyas. you ppl say india is not safe for muslims than how is india safe for rohingyas?
UPA government claiming in an affidavit before the Supreme Court that Lord Ram did not exist and that the Ramayana has no historical basis, it is clear that the Congress party’s pseudo-secularism has degenerated into sadist-secularism.
what new janeudhariShivbhakt has to say about it. Pappu if you dont believe in our gods then why are u vising hindu temples
 Kapil Sibal, a Congress MP, argued in Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid case. He can argue in court but is it right for him to say postpone hearing till 2019? Why is he linking elections with Ram Mandir. Now, the Congress is linking Ram Mandir with politics,
what new janeudhariShivbhakt has to say about it. Pappu if you dont believe in our gods then why are u vising hindu temples
Why r u against Triple Talaq? Muslim women r not women? Ur double standards stood exposed in Parliament on triple Talaq bill. do you believe in gender equality?
according to you gender equality means women wearing short pants.
you visit JNU (the anti national hub) and show solidarity with anti national elements.
according to you hindu terror is more dangerous than islamic terror. when there no hindu terror.
indian PM sainiko ki khoon ki dalali karta hai. what kind of language. 
according to u those who go to temple tease the ladies.
 ManiShanker Aiyar first from no where invited Mr. Modi to sell tea at Congress Meeting. There after He went to Pakistan and in the press conference he asked the help from Pakistan to overthrow Mr. Modi. I don’t mind if Mr.Modi is dethroned by the regular Indian process but not by someone especially Pakistan’s help.He may have corrected his version afterwards but it shows his intention to dethrone Mr.Modi by any means legal or illegal.I am not adding anything to His ‘neech’ remark but it also shows his hatred for Mr.Modi. so is his statement of apology. Person who has mastered Urdu does not know the meaning of Hindi word ‘neech’?He invites Pakistan officials at his residence. When it becomes public, he negated the event. Nor he or any participant has declared what they discussed. When they are not in the power, what is the use to discuss the official matters secretly? I am still in doubt whether exPM still believes he is holding the power with the help of Mr.Manishanker?There are many doubts about the intentions of Mr.MMSingh who being the Great economist, acted as Puppet in the hand of Gandhis who are under control of the person like Mr.Manishanker Aiyar.Please as the GReat Journalist, please clarify these issues for the sake of General Public or Please declare your Great self as Supporter of all Corruptions and dubious democrats of INC.
what is your stand on this.
during the doklam standoff you were parting with chinese.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11) were a group of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan, carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai
your own Diggy singh accused RSS of master minding it. is there any lever that you and your ilk can stoop.
whats is your stand on it.
After the Gujarat elections, Pappu may please be addressed respectfully as Pappuji and not called Pappubaba.
https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/no-free-lunch/the-shameful-secret-dinner-between-congress-and-pakistan/
http://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/fineprint/rohingya-refugee-crisis-india-bengal-rakhine-myanmar-bangladesh-jammu-settlement/story/263586.html
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
2 notes · View notes
Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
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However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
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Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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Gandu director Q speaks about insulting Satyajit Ray and explains the word 'f**k'
Q (who insists on not being called by his birth name Qaushiq Mukherjee) - dubbed as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker - by CNN, is known for his politically charged, sexually explicit Bengali-language films like Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Over the years, Q has developed a cult following in India and among Bengali film connoisseurs of experimental cinema.
youtube
However, at the same time, Q is often derided back in his birthplace Kolkata for going against the curve and is slotted by purists as a 'porn filmmaker'. For instance, his film Tasher Desh - a revisionist take on Rabindranath Tagore's play of the same name - was criticised by traditionalists, among Bengali film audiences, for not adhering to tried-and-tested methods of filming a Rabindrik text.
As such, Q recently got into trouble for allegedly insulting iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray, and consequently, Bengali sentiments in a Facebook post, which the director insists was not meant to disrespect the icon.
It all began when Q shared a blog post critical of Bengalis' blind worshiping of all things Ray. Q shared the blog post with the words "f**k Manik. F**k felu. F**k babu." 'Manik' is the pet name of Satyajit Ray and it is common among Bengalis to refer to the Academy Award-winning director as such.
Speaking on the motive behind his choice of words, Q told IndiaToday.in, "The essential idea behind the exact words I used was that I feel stifled as a Bengali by certain benchmarks which cannot be crossed or icons which cannot be questioned."
On the use of the word f**k in his post, Q said that he has been thinking about this four-letter-word a lot these days "for various reasons."
MOVIE REVIEW: Q's Brahman Naman
ALSO READ: 10 films that define Bengali cinema, according to National Award-winner Srijit Mukherji
ALSO WATCH: Rituparno Ghosh brought national viewership to Bengali films, says Prosenjit Chatterjee
"Like gandu (the name of Q's 2010 Bengali film), f**k is a word that has a negative connotation. But it also very flexible. It can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective. It is fluid. My use of f**k in my post was not to mean disrespect but it was a way of questioning our choice of words. It is very contextual."
Q's Facebook post resulted in a strong social media backlash on Facebook and Twitter. Several fans and followers of Satyajit Ray criticised Q and accused him of insulting Ray for getting 'publicity'.
"How can my post be a publicity stunt? A publicity stunt is a mainstream narrative where one does something to sell or to promote something else, like using a sex video or something to sell a product. But I have nothing to sell and nothing to gain. I have no film in production."
The attack on Q took on massive proportions when Bengali actor Shaheb Bhattacharjee took to social media (both Facebook and Twitter) to criticise Q and called him a "stupid piece of Crow (sic) shit" and added that Q's "14 generation (sic)" won't be able to get an Oscar like Satyajit Ray.
"fuck Manik" really... ??? U stupid piece of Crow shit This man got the OSCAR for his work. Something ur 14 generation will not get. pic.twitter.com/MLmyqCazkZ
— Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) January 5, 2017
When asked to respond, Q said, "Crow shit is something Nabarun da (late Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya, famous for his anti-literary establishment work) would be very much interested in. I am very fond of crow shit and its artistic texture."
Like really? Is this how you refer to the one of the greatest, forget India, the world has ever seen? Speechless. https://t.co/oaCAXVu6Ql
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 6, 2017
Regarding National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's tweet where he said he was "speechless" seeing Q's Facebook post, Q said, "Speechless does not warrant a comment, so I won't say anything."
About the intolerance showed by social media users on his Facebook post and the traditionalist attitude of the commercial Bengali film industry, Q said, "At any point in Bengali history, there has always been an alternative to the mainstream. Harsh words would be spoken about, say, Tagore during his lifetime. This abrasiveness was necessary to help form a new space. The contemporary custom of being all thik ache, we are good, has led to cannibalistic back-slapping, leaving little room for the alternative."
youtube
Speaking of his films which explore the underbelly of contemporary society, in contrast to the content of contemporary mainstream Bengali cinema, Q shared an anecdote where filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak questioned art-house director Mani Kaul's viewing of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's films.
"Because Kurosawa showed export-quality Japan. For real Japan, Ghatak asked Kaul to watch (Kenji) Mizoguchi's films," said Q.
"In our myopia, we (Bengali society) are missing on what is happening right now. Being reactionary goes back to unmasking society itself as a villain. For one f**k, I got a million f**k yous," Q added.
Q also said that he is, perhaps, the only 'porn filmmaker' (like his critics call him) who does not make porn films.
youtube
Most of Q's films are now available on the digital video-streaming platform Netflix. In fact, his last two films, the English-language sex-comedy Brahman Naman and the horror film Ludo released exclusively on Netflix.
When asked if video-streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are the future for independent filmmaking, Q said, "It's not the future. It's happening right now. We are in the middle of a revolution. Anyone can, of course, not choose to see it."
Regarding the schism between independent cinema, such as his, and traditionalist mainstream cinema, and on a larger scale, old-school thinking, Q said, "For the first time in (pause) twenty years, we are taking sides and being political. It is an interesting time to live in and question."
On asking what question that is, Q answered "Any kind of question which leads to violence and such a question is, I think, a pertinent question to ask."
(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh)
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