In this episode we are joined by writer and film lover Allan Mott to discuss Canadian porn star turned Bollywood heroine Sunny Leone.
Show Notes:
Welcome Allan Mott (https://twitter.com/HouseofGlib)!
Western pop culture isn’t universal
Hrithik Roshan cats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactylcat)
Our Krrish 3 review for The Pulp (http://thepulppress.com/boozy-bollywood-krrish-3-2013/)
Allan’s Pecha Kucha presentation on The Apple: “Transcending Tacky” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KrmX3hA2I&feature=youtu.be)
Devon Sanders’ “Dignity In Satin: How Wonder Woman Taught Me To Be a Better Man” (http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/dignity-satin-wonder-woman-taught-man-almo/)
Sunny Leone, Vivid Girl turned Bollywood actress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunnyLeone)
“It Happened To Me: I Worked Graveyard at a Sex Store” (http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/working-at-a-sex-store)
Making the transition from an adult industry to a mainstream one
Kim Kardashian, Traci Lords, and Sasha Grey
The ways beautiful women are stereotyped and underestimated
Allan’s thoughts on Starcrash (http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash/?rq=starcrash http://allan-mott.squarespace.com/starcrash-part-2/?rq=starcrash)
INTERVAL “Tere Bin Nahi Laage” from Ek Paheli Leela (https://youtu.be/3PYjIzUyEbM)
Ek Paheli Leela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EkPaheliLeela)
Double role: Meera (https://youtu.be/53JF3tjrqU) and Leela (https://youtu.be/YNWSrCeG9LU)
Matt didn’t see the twist coming!
Don’t throw away your antidepressants away
The brother’s band’s music (https://youtu.be/chI9Egi2r9s)
Why do free spirited Bollywood heroines always need to be tamed?
Mastizaade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastizaade)
The Masti series and Milap Zaveri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masti(filmseries))
Lily (the Madonna) and Laila (the whore) Lele (https://youtu.be/baECOS06fM)
Titli Boobna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GizeleThakral)
All animal footage was filmed outside of India
The Indian Censor Board (https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/cbfc-facts?utmterm=.heD03zdZN#.ujZKJPxnz)
NEXT TIME: We look at three films featuring LGBTQ characters and issues, Margarita With A Straw, Kapoor & Sons (since 1921), and Aligarh
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