This is a fine example of commodification of art . Art has become an industry obeying the same rules of production as any other producer of commodities . Even Nobel prize for literature is decided on this line .
--- On Fri, 30/1/09, Anil M <[email protected]> wrote: From: Anil M <[email protected]> Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: slumdog millionaire To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 30 January, 2009, 10:51 PM Salim I like that boy's description of Taj Mahal's history to American tourists J…….It reminds me of some humorous scenes in Makhmalbaf's Scream of the Ants. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Anil M <[email protected]> wrote: There are much better hindi movies on Mumabai slum life. But never got any media or other attention.....for example Traffic Signal. This is what Golden globe and Oscar can do……Otherwise this Slum Dog would have been criticized by Indian media on the lines of Amitab Bachan's arguments…….India Shining/ India Super Power teams have already dumped Booker prize as anti Indian ( Arundathi Roy , Adiga) On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM, bobinson <[email protected]> wrote: come on ! you don't understand the business :-D Indian audience is going to watch this year's oscar award show and our media houses are going to air live chat shows, sms polls, online polls etc for our benefit. Media houses, communication companies, TV anchors, well, this is the last way to save our economy. Remember miss world drama, new world wonder drama etc too. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
