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Slumdog Millionaire 2008
Pretty much the white man's view of India. Lots of great parts in this movie: the soundtrack, the overall story, the child actors, but to me, it was overshadowed by the intense exaggeration of poverty in India for the exclusive purpose to fuel a sense of superiority that American audiences can feed off of.
There were some scenes that were laughably filled with man's burden vibes (for example, the tourist scene where the couple shows the poor brown boy the…
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