One of the oldest stereotypes of Hollywood, the child actor’s ‘Hollywood mom’ or ‘Hollywood dad’ – described as “exploitive,” “mercenary,” “unfeeling,” “cruel,” or even “monstrous” – is reanimated in the father of Slumdog Millionaire” star Azharuddin Ismail as the paparazzi’s cameras caught him beating his exhausted, jet-lagged son when he turned disobedient and said he was too tired to sit on the curb outside his family home so his father could show him off some more. The paparazzi wasted no time in exploiting the exploitation and selling the pictures to The Sun.
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Film producers buying ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids new homes.
They ought to get college funds too.
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Fatemeh
Eh, I’m a little late this week. But last week’s MMW was chock full of fun: we looked at Syrian lingerie from another angle, pondered the interlocking oppression of Mona Awad, critique the LA Time’s profile of Aliyah Bacchus, review Slumdog Millionaire, discussed the construction of gold diggers in Muslim circles, and give mixed reviews to the coverage of Egyptian women in mosques. And, as always, a gaggle of links.
