Ok, so this is re: the whole foreign girls debate. Don't you think it is horribly sexist that only foreign "girls" are gotten in and not foreign guys. I'm not supporting the fact that these "exports" are brought in while Indians are continuously denied a chance. But if u want to screw the chances of normal girls then screw the chances of normal guys too. If Imtiaz was so sure bringing a foreigner would "improve the quality" why not go all the way and replace ranbir by some foreign guy.

I mean, it’s not surprising. Women are held to stricter beauty standards than men. I guess everyone is a victim of eurocentrism but when you consider all the men and women in the film industry, women are expected to be fairer, they’re expected to be more fit, they’re expected to have “whiter” features (small noses, hairless, light eyes if possible, etc etc). And on top of that, Western women are sexualized by Bollywood. Whenever people talk about Katrina or Nargis or Amy, you hear about their ~firangi~ appeal. If you’re a woman and you come from the West, obviously you wear bikinis and have looser morals and are basically more open to being subject to the male gaze, which is essentially the point of view every film is shot from. It tells you a lot about what filmmakers expect from an actress, which is basically nothing beyond titillating the audience.

But the men are the ones who drive the box office. Obviously, they have to be home grown. If the women are just set pieces then it really doesn’t matter, does it?

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