http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:16:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82905 Daniel Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:41:13 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82905 It doesn't matter whether something is on a filmmaker's "agenda," or if they say it's just all about the funny. How could you not talk about race, or politics, with this movie? It doesn’t matter whether something is on a filmmaker’s “agenda,” or if they say it’s just all about the funny. How could you not talk about race, or politics, with this movie?

]]> http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82854 Christopher Campbell Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:27:04 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82854 Perhaps. I do like the story, though, which I keep forgetting about, despite hearing it told by Mira Nair and Kal Penn, that Penn wouldn't have been cast in The Namesake if it weren't for Nair's kid being a fan of Harold & Kumar. It's an interesting twist: H&K got Penn a role playing specifically Indian. I wouldn't consider The Namesake typecasting, though. Perhaps. I do like the story, though, which I keep forgetting about, despite hearing it told by Mira Nair and Kal Penn, that Penn wouldn’t have been cast in The Namesake if it weren’t for Nair’s kid being a fan of Harold & Kumar. It’s an interesting twist: H&K got Penn a role playing specifically Indian. I wouldn’t consider The Namesake typecasting, though.

]]> http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82852 Xavier Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:18:44 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-playing-the-harold-kumar-race-card/#comment-82852 <i>Was the first movie the best thing that could happen to you guys as minority actors, as far as getting more parts that aren’t typecast?</i> A more critical way of looking at these roles is that minority actors are relegated to roles in comedies--they can only be accepted in roles where the white majority can laugh with/at them. Was the first movie the best thing that could happen to you guys as minority actors, as far as getting more parts that aren’t typecast?
A more critical way of looking at these roles is that minority actors are relegated to roles in comedies–they can only be accepted in roles where the white majority can laugh with/at them.

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