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February 01, 2009
Spinning Slumdog
What is it with the media's insistence on attempting to spin stories to harm particular films?
After enjoying the bounce of positive buzz from the Telluride and Toronto film festivals, solid critical support and a box office take bigger than anyone could have dreamed for a subtitled Bollywood hybrid, Slumdog Millionaire finds itself the target of media attacks on several fronts, and once again, the language of spin is at the forefront, both in mainstream media publications and the blogosphere. Suddenly, in the wake of 10 Oscar noms and big box office, Slumdog finds itself in the unenivable position of being this year's The Pianist / A Beautiful Mind -- the "it's-hip-to-tear-it-down" target of film journalists and bloggers eager to find any excuse, real or imagined, to derail this year's little movie that could.
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Posted by kvoynar at February 1, 2009 01:33 PM
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