Sunday, October 2, 2011

Shades of White Ray

tt0886531.jpgI recently saw a movie called Shades of Ray in which the writers tried to make a plight out of young americans of Paskistani and caucasian heritage trying to deal with traditional expectations while wanting to fit in. After watching it I would say there are more strongly held reservations preventing socializing to the point of commitment between caucasians and other races than I'd like to think but for some reason this movie felt it was ok to continue the idea and embellished upon it that somehow the main character should have been more acceptable being half white while he was told by his Pakistani father not to marry "Blacks", Chinese or Jews. The movie was funny as hell but maybe it was too lopsided in its views. Plus it addressed a minute group of cultural issues. Note I did not say insignificant. I did like the fact that in the end he embraced his pakistani side for monetary gain and career advancement because in the end capitalism wins out.


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