After almost a year of lockdown, my brain is not functioning. Also, there simply aren’t that many new movies out there, and I’ve already reviewed every single old Indian movie I feel like watching. Which means if I am going to write new reviews, they have to be of non-Indian stuff I’ve already seen. Lay it on me! What could I write about?
I do pop culture, meaning popular stuff. So I’m not going to review something like “Marriage Story” no matter what you do to me. But I’ll review any old big mass hit!
For example,
Friends the TV Show
Jerry McGuire
Pride and Prejudice the Novel
Singin’ in the Rain
Casablanca
His Girl Friday
Sleepless in Seattle
Twilight Novels
The Odd Couple
Hamilton
Moana
Hairspray
Murder She Wrote the TV Show
Agatha Raisin the TV Show
Golden Girls the TV Show
Anne of Green Gables the Book Series
Jane Eyre
Tootsie
dontcallitbollywood 
Jane Eyre ❤
Murder She Wrote
Sleepless in Seatle
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Yaaaaay!!!! I love Jane Eyre so much. I read it the first time when I was 11 I think, and I just remember an entire weekend disappearing because I could not put down that book.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 8:53 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Jane Eyre is the best, no matter how old the reader is. I read it when I was 25 more or less, and couldn’t put it down too.
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Oh no. I was going to write Hepburn and Bogart’s Sabrina, if that counts as pop culture. But then I saw AoGG…and my vote goes there.
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Totally can review Hepburn and Bogart, and compare it with Kajol and Akshay’s Yeh Dillagi.
But I also really really love AoGG!!!!
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:03 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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P&P and Moana!
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P&P is so good! And so deep.
And Moana means I get to put up videos of The Rock singing to his little daughter.
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Actually, the real post I am considering is “would it be better for Aryan to marry the WWE fighter oldest daughter of The Rock, or AbRam to marry the charming and charismatic youngest daughter of the Rock? Also, should the wedding be in Hawaii or Mannat?”
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Agatha Raisin! Or Tootsie.
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I have SO MANY thoughts on Agatha Raisin!!! Because it is flawed. Tootsie, on the other hand, is so perfect that I may only be able to say “this movie is perfect”
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:59 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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It is deeply flawed, and I also have loooaaads of thoughts. This is why I want it. But probably we’re the only ones who’ve seen it so.
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I mean, I could write about the general truth of “handsome perfect hero is always way way boring than funny flawed hero and writers need to learn this”. OMG, he is so DULL!!!!!
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 10:59 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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He’s dull and I could get with that if he was super beautiful and they gave us lots of fanservice but he’s balding and never even gets naked.
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The end of the most recent season was maybe opening the door to Agatha realizing she didn’t actually want to spend time with him. I really really hope that is where it goes, write the man out and let a romance develop naturally with one of the interesting characters. Perhaps a woman!
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:20 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Bill is RIGHT THERE!! She has good chemistry with some of the women, I’d also take that.
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Pride and Prejudice. It’s one of those novels that still hold up, in my opinion.
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Oh, absolutely! And the essential narrative is constantly being re-imagined from Khoobsurat to Briget Jones.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:06 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I would love to read your review of Hamilton! I notice you aren’t getting a lot of agreement in these responses. You gave us too many options!
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I really just need one person to really really care and talk with me in the comments! So heck, I can write all of this. Writing is fun!
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:10 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I must confess I don’t understand why people still love Friends. It was fun when I was 13, but recently I tried to rewatch it and it was so dull! Like I watched entire episode and didn’t smile even once. But my sister and niece are totally in love with the series and keep rewatching. I don’t understand why.
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Anyone is watching Young sheldon here?
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I’m not, but I have watched all of The Big Bang Theory?
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:30 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Then you will certainly like it. It’s such an adorable show.
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Obvs my vote is for Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice!! It takes me forever to get through movies and tv shows, but I have absolutely no problem spending a couple of hours with a book like I did with Jamaica Inn last night. But also, those books are the best!
Also, I hadn’t seen that poster for His Girl Friday and it made me laugh 🙂 It sounds like it should be a murder mystery or a crime movie with that tagline.
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Look at that! The first multiple votes! I’m definitely writing about AoGG and P and P then.
I was also highly amused by that His Girl Friday poster!
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*dances in excitement about both*
the weirdest thing about that poster seemed to be that his eyes directly line up with her chest. Um. What.
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Ooh, could you write reviews of classic Hollywood films or musicals but from the perspective of Indian cinema? Like if Singin’ in the Rain or Jerry Maguire (or Moana!) were judged by Indian cinema criteria, how would they hold up?
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I was thinking kind of similar, what if I compared the original Hollywood songs with the Indian homages? Farah Khan and Prabhudeva in particular are always doing Gene Kelly tributes.
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You know I can’t say no to Gene Kelly or Prabhudeva 😊.
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Both of them, so good!!! And for a preview, check out this:
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:01 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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What about some Pakistani dramas? You could begin with Dhoop Kinare — it’s got a lot you’ll love and it’ll be an interesting view for you of the industry on the other side of the fence. 🙂 Plus slow burn romances and well rounded characters and beautiful lines. It’s almost like reading a book!
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But then I have to watch new stuff again! Which is what I am trying to avoid!
Oh, and I did review Humsafar, Heera, and Zindagi Gulzar Hai already, check the archives for those reviews.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 4:40 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Oh dear, yes that’s true. Then my vote for Jane Eyre and the Anne of Green Gables books!! Have you read Shirley btw — that’s beautiful too!
And thanks, I had missed your previous reviews. Going to check them out now!
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I’d love to hear your thoughts on Hamilton because I love it, and Friends because I think it’s extremely overrated. Also maybe P&P because I’ve liked almost every adaptation I’ve seen/read much more than the original novel.
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Ooooo, now I want to write about Friends too! And why it ISN’T overrated, but feels like it is, because we have all the immitators since then (some of them doing Friends better than Friends did).
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 12:01 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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