British Director Gurninder Chadha dominated the UK theaters for three weeks in 2002 with a story about an Indian girl who just wanted to play soccer. When the audience turned out, though, they saw a multi-layered critique of modern British society that included sexism, racism, and clashing culture. Join me as we go scene by scene to see how clandestinely Chadha discusses these topics using clever iconography and metaphor in what is one of the most important films about immigration, assimilation, and aloo gobi. Works Cited Bagguley, Paul and Hussaine, Yasmin. Bend It Like Beckham film review. Feminist Media Studies, Vol 2, No. 3, 2002. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group Press. Deprez, Camille. Comparative Reflections on Hong Kong and indian Cinema - Identity, Diaspora, and Cosmopolitanism. China Perspectives, 2009. No. 3 (79) (2009), pp 87-96. Gianrdina, Michael. Bend[ing] it Like Beckham: Stylish Hybridity in Popular British Culture. Counterpoints, 2005, Vol 282, Sporting pedagogies: Performing Culture & Identity in the Global Arena (2005), pp 27-48. Alie, Lorraine. GOOOOOOAL! Newsweek; 4-21-2003, Vol 141 Issue 16, p52, 2p, 2c. Ransom, Amy J. Bollywood Goes to the Stadium: Gender, national Identity, and Sport Film in Hindi. Journal of Film and Video, Vol 66. No. 4 (Winter 2021). Pp 34-49. Stuart, Jan. Alive and Kicking. The Advocate. 4-1-03. Issue 886. P57. 1p. 1c. Sawhney, Cary Rajinder. ‘Another Kind of British’: An Exploration of British Asian Films. Cineaste, Fall 2001. Vol. 26, No. 4. Pp58-61. The Sikh Encyclopedia https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/ A starter for Sikhism https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/ To see how two forwards level off before scoring, watch this textbook execution https://youtu.be/hadWFJS-An8 On Twitter @thatdylandavis www.thatdylandavis.com Find @rozalindmacphail www.rozalindmacphail.com
