Happy Saturday! Time for a nice watchalong with some nice nostalgia, for those of us who grew up reading Archie comics.
The Archies
On Netflix, beautiful looking, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music, and Zoya direction, couldn’t be bettered.
At 6pm Chicago time, I will put up an “And PLAY” comment and we will all comment along from there!
dontcallitbollywood 
Woooo!!!! Mouth to Mouth kiss!!!!! He better not go back to Veronica after that.
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I do not think it was a French Kiss… 😛
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I love this song… and the dancing in it
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Ok I really hoped Dhishoom Dhisshoom was going to be after Betty and Veronica discovered Archie two timing them but like, I should have guessed from the Jughead PoV that it was imaginary 😭
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Ooooo, Cheryl Blossom! The redhead! They really are digging deep into Archie lore.
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I really enjoyed the humor in that scene. Jughead tells him to pick neither girl, and so he immediately starts cheering for another.
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Also this song is my absolute fave sequence so far and the whole reason I got excited about The Archies. There’s such a lovely jazz element about it…it reminds me of a So You Think You Can Dance sequence with all the girl finalists to Eartha Kitt’s My Discarded Men
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Yes, I love Jazz too (the dance)
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The dance I was referring to: https://youtu.be/5MvYRcuc9GY?si=6fkXBVgj3wG4zA3H
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Thanks
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It was completely stolen from CHicago. I hope they payed money to someone for it because I would hate to see Zoya bogged down in a legal fight.
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Ok I def agree with Margaret that Dilton has a crush on Reggie now
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Excellent, Ronnie is a good friend. And yes, Dilton is in love with Reggie. Oh well.
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Is Dilton like young Karan Johar?
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You’ve already seen the movie, so now I can say YES. And I just LOVED how Zoya ultimately delt with it, with Reggie letting Dilton share his story on his own timeline. A roadmap for others, because in all honesty, kids aren’t that emotionally intelligent.
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YES!!!!
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I don’t like Mr. Lodge going after Mrs. Otter. I love Mrs. Otter.
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OH MY GOD!!!! Dilton-Reggie FOREVER!!!!!!
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I do love that this isn’t just about the park itself and the shops around it and the kids’ familiarity, but how tied their own parents livelihoods and histories are to the place.
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And the fragility of this whole community, Mr. Lodge isn’t trying to destroy anything, but without realizing what he is doing, getting rid of the bookstore and the park will change the town and break the magic of balancing Anglo and Indian
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I’m guessing this is the setup to Va Va Voom
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Since they’re all complaining about the boring music.
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Isn’t this kind of SLOW…………….
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I’m trying to figure out which style the first song was
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I meant the film is a bit of a drag
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It’s definitely a Zoya-Reema movie. They like to spend a long time sinking you into the setting and stuff before things start happening.
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okay… I tried watching it on Fri by myself and fell asleep into very sweet sleep on my couch lol. Watchalong helps
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I think it was making fun of the slower Beatles songs.
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Ooooh that makes sense. They even gave the performer the same bowl cut.
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Same song for both of them… he is CREEPY
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THANK YOU!!!
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So Agastya is Shammi’s great great nephew? Because his grandmother was Shammi’s niece?
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Wow! Guess so!
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Yupp!
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I am here I am here. Sorry for the delay but I caught up on most of the comments!
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Yay!!!!
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So Ethel sang all her own songs!
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Yes she is Dot… singer, song writer
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One name. Isn’t that a thing with southern stars? Is it a typical thing in the Hindi film world?
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I don’t think it’s her proper name. I just saw her referred to like that in Press event
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Until this part of the film, I am really impressed with Kushi Kapoor! I still can’t tell if its because of the way her character was written or because she just really embrassed the role!
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I continue to be impressed with Khushi so I don’t mean to say that my opinion of her has changed.
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I wanted to like Suhana the best. And I will say that Suhana can emote like crazy! totally believable whenever emotions are complex. But when emotions aren’t complex, she looks like she is acting. Whereas Khushi, in this film, didn’t actually have such complex emotions to display. So could she do what Suhana did? I don’t know. But as far as regular screen charisma she is spectacular.
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Completely agree! Kushi had me mesmerized. On the other hand, husband really liked Suhana.
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I like Suhana all serious!
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How the council lead said “permission” – distinctly Indian accent
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Omg one funny thing was that when I downloaded the film it set the dialogue settings to “English” and missed most of the Hindi dialogues 😅
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Huh. I was thinking in her intro how crazy it was for Suhana to be doing this movie after her brother was put in jail. Like, not disapproving of her, but how strange it must have been to come from high drama and identity belonging issues to this film. And now it feels right, the way the young people have to decide between staying in this confusing in between world of modern and old, or just going to England/Australia/where ever.
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And capitalism vs community…
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Exactly! How much are you willing to give up to try to save your homeland?
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yep.. and does the community have anything worth saving
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And the English was *very* American-accented.
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YUCK – this is the I am “apolitical” that I HATE!!!!!!!!!!!
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It was biggest pet peeve on dating apps
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I do like the response to that being a song called “everything is politics”
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Yes!!!!! So very well done
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Completely agree! I love the subversive message here!
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During my first watch of the politics song in the classroom I started to cry, because it hit a little to close to home lately.
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Yes I can empathize!!! I don’t even want to be friends with someone that says they are “apolitical”.
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Catching up on the comments and just want to know how Reggie’s doing? 😏 Will decide whether to watch or not based on that!
-Saira
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I feel like the movie just started to pickup
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While they talk about political apathy and stuff, I just remembered, wasn’t Reggie introduced making out with a girl in the backseat? So is he not in love with Dilton after all?
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Reggie is bi??
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Or gay but not willing to embrace his truth yet?
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I hope so! So far, he and Dilton have the healthiest love story.
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I really hope it’s not the kind of queerbaiting the Beauty and the Beast live-action film did for Gaston and the guy who was in love with him.
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I LOVED that song!
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One of the dance steps in this song was borrowed from another song… I can’t remember which one!!!!
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Life is for profit.
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Betty gives up “progress” for relationships and respect. I like the lesson of – between money and respect – choose respect
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I do love that even the people who tried to adjust into the system (Betty’s dad, Ethel) find themselves disillusioned and would rather go back to the way things were.
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I loved how Ethel showed that she respected herself and wouldn’t be talked to like trash for a higher wage.
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I adore Ethel!
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And she also won’t stand for disrespect for people of the community either
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I like that Archie is a cad, but at the same time a human cad. Who could use a backbone, but also honestly likes two girls at once.
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I don’t care that he’s a cad. I just don’t find him captivating!
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Same. Failure of genetics, tragically.
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I guess the only actor I found captivating was Khushi. So while I will give Reggie props for great acting during Dilly’s break down, I didn’t find him any less captivating than Reggie or Dilly or Jughead a whole. And I don’t know why I call Dilly dilly instead of Dilton, and even then he is in my head as Tilly because that is how my ears heard it.
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How can you find anything in one person… gosh I am so triggered by this thinking. Like excusing his own a**h***ness.
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I don’t mind it, since the character is so clearly a teenager!!! They aren’t trying to pretend this is anything but immaturity. Maturity is the parents who love each other.
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Yeah I am just triggered… I can see it makes sense for the story
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Booksellers can get drunk too, in front of their kids, ouch.
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Archie would be such a great rep for polyam with this dialogue IF he’d just been OPEN with the girls he liked that he liked them both! 😭
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*polyamory
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Yes, thank you. That is my problem with this.
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I’m not sure an Anglo/Indian community in 1964 would be so open about the idea of polyam, but I don’t know the community super well.
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Now I’m thinking about it! they might have been? Sort of? During the between the war times, the super upper classes would often have a proper super traditional first wife, and then a “fun” second wife.
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Another angle of the Anglo-Indian story that is there without being said, this is a generational love story. The people who moved here were refugees from the world because of their love stories, and now it is generations of people making choices for love.
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I think it is interesting with these young actors, some are clearly better than others at playing the happy go lucky natural characters. AND THEN when things get tricky, other actors who weren’t so goo at the happy go lucky, shine when emotions get tricky.
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Which ones shine for you?
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I watched this earlier in the afternoon and feel like if I say specifics now I might spoil it. So I will restrain myself momentarily.
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Ok please tell us at the end!
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I thought Suhana was the BEST at emoting. Reggie was also good. Khushi never had super complex emotions to emote, but basic anger and sadness she did well. But for regular behavior I thought Khushi was the most charsimatic, and I did not think Archie was bad. Dilly was also good.
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I should have mentioned Jughead, I loved how he was played, but the actor was not necessarily the most charismatic on film. BUT so well acted.
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Bless Gomes 😍😍😍😍
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Oh also I LOVE these trees and their amazing roots. This is such a quintesential English town NOT in England.
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I am a bit surprised Archie’s parents are so against him going to England.
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Is…Farhan Akhtar Uncle Ben?? I thought I heard his voice!
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Really good question! I didn’t think it was his voice though!
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YES!
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The assistant is vibheeshan – a leak – he won’t print it!
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Yes I was right!
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The rock columns, around the pond, so cool, and found in CA too. Geography rocks.
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Poor Jughead, so intimidated by the women.
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Also love the actor playing jughead, he is doing it perfectly.
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Jughead beatboxing 😄
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Is Dilly going to confess to his crush?? 😭
….oh man, he left 😭 He’s in the closet and can’t tell.
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Reggie and Dilton is def a thing
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Is it a thing if it is one sided?
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It’s not a HAPPY thing if it’s one-sided.
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No… I posted that before their conversation
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These bedroom scene betyween Dilly and Reggie is just the BEST!
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Yes! It is incredible!
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