derogatory critics

In its attempt(essai) to portray the "real" India "Slumdog Millionaire" transferred the virgin/whore(=prostituée, who is represented with Latika in the movie) syndrome to the third world. You can either be a corrupted fat cat( a rich and corrupted businessman ) or a virtuous slumdog(Jamal in the movie) . For Director Danny Boyle India is the same old third world it always has been. The colonial gaze hasn't changed much. You can look at India as something which must be conquered (which nobody will admit to), something which must be studied (exotic/scientific subject-object), or something which must be helped (missionary). Either way we as consumers cannot look at India as Indians, but only as westerners. We wish we could change it, but we can't. Some people try. Boyle is one of them. I won't touch on the fact that Boyle is ENGLISH, an irony I find funnier(=funny) than Winston Churchill's drinking problem, but I will say that "Slumdog Millionaire" is just about as good as Boyle's other boxoffice hit: "28 Days Later."

MERZOUK Iman