Comments on: ‘Aliens in America’ walking on very thin ice. [updated] http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Keeping it real, desi ishtyle. Discussing all things, Indian and Indian-American. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Über Desi | CW cancels Aliens in America http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Über Desi | CW cancels Aliens in America Tue, 20 May 2008 14:33:07 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1748 [...] Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Remember how apprehensive we were when this show (Aliens in America) started and how a few episodes managed to change our perception and we actually started liking it? [Previous UD post on Aliens in America] [...] [...] Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Remember how apprehensive we were when this show (Aliens in America) started and how a few episodes managed to change our perception and we actually started liking it? [Previous UD post on Aliens in America] [...]

]]> By: Über Desi | Halloween “speshul”: Desi exchange student horror story http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Über Desi | Halloween “speshul”: Desi exchange student horror story Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:04:03 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1747 [...] one of the most sought after girls in school and how well everyone treated her? And more recently, Raja in Aliens in America has been the new face of the exchange student program in American pop culture. Raja while not [...] [...] one of the most sought after girls in school and how well everyone treated her? And more recently, Raja in Aliens in America has been the new face of the exchange student program in American pop culture. Raja while not [...]

]]> By: Aliens in America « Lakshmi Gandhi’s Blog http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Aliens in America « Lakshmi Gandhi’s Blog Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:01:10 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1740 [...] Many blogs have noted that the name Raja is not typically a Muslim name.  Wikipedia says that Raja is usually a Hindu or Sikh name. [...] [...] Many blogs have noted that the name Raja is not typically a Muslim name.  Wikipedia says that Raja is usually a Hindu or Sikh name. [...]

]]> By: Karthik http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Karthik Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:47:32 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1743 <blockquote>Karthik, sorry bro. Didn’t meant to call you out. Especially when you’re holding it down without Santosh.</blockquote> It's cool shlok. :) <blockquote>But about this show…I just can’t get over the insensitive dialog: too many to recite (actuallly, too f#%ed up to repeat).</blockquote> I have set the show to record on Monday, hopefully sometime next week, I will have a review. :)

Karthik, sorry bro. Didn’t meant to call you out. Especially when you’re holding it down without Santosh.

It’s cool shlok. :)

But about this show…I just can’t get over the insensitive dialog: too many to recite (actuallly, too f#%ed up to repeat).

I have set the show to record on Monday, hopefully sometime next week, I will have a review. :)

]]> By: shlok http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 shlok Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:19:24 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1746 Karthik, sorry bro. Didn't meant to call you out. Especially when you're holding it down without Santosh. But about this show...I just can't get over the insensitive dialog: too many to recite (actuallly, too f#%ed up to repeat). Karthik, sorry bro. Didn’t meant to call you out. Especially when you’re holding it down without Santosh.

But about this show…I just can’t get over the insensitive dialog: too many to recite (actuallly, too f#%ed up to repeat).

]]> By: Karthik http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Karthik Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:01:47 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1745 <blockquote>I didn’t expect it to be anything other than Van Wilder for the Lifetime/CW set, and so it is. </blockquote> I did not see the show, I thought that it was supposed to be out in October. Ahh well, guess I did not miss much. <blockquote>I wonder if the kid knew this while he was auditioning and just did ‘awkward indeterminate-origin furriner mooslim” to the hilt, knowing that such a spectacle would bag the part for sure.</blockquote> True dat. Who would not want such a kid on television, given the world events and hey if he was willing to portray such a part just to break in, he might have made a costly mistake.

I didn’t expect it to be anything other than Van Wilder for the Lifetime/CW set, and so it is.

I did not see the show, I thought that it was supposed to be out in October. Ahh well, guess I did not miss much.

I wonder if the kid knew this while he was auditioning and just did ‘awkward indeterminate-origin furriner mooslim” to the hilt, knowing that such a spectacle would bag the part for sure.

True dat. Who would not want such a kid on television, given the world events and hey if he was willing to portray such a part just to break in, he might have made a costly mistake.

]]> By: muralimannered http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 muralimannered Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:24:24 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1744 i did actually see the whole pilot and it's really par for the CW course. I didn't expect it to be anything other than Van Wilder for the Lifetime/CW set, and so it is. I wonder if the kid knew this while he was auditioning and just did 'awkward indeterminate-origin furriner mooslim" to the hilt, knowing that such a spectacle would bag the part for sure. i did actually see the whole pilot and it’s really par for the CW course. I didn’t expect it to be anything other than Van Wilder for the Lifetime/CW set, and so it is.

I wonder if the kid knew this while he was auditioning and just did ‘awkward indeterminate-origin furriner mooslim” to the hilt, knowing that such a spectacle would bag the part for sure.

]]> By: Karthik http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Karthik Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:42:08 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1741 Crap ;) I thought I checked UB and SM for posts on most topics. Think this one slipped thro the cracks. Need to get off the Old Monk. Thanks shlok. Crap ;) I thought I checked UB and SM for posts on most topics. Think this one slipped thro the cracks. Need to get off the Old Monk.

Thanks shlok.

]]> By: shlok http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/10/02/aliens-in-america-walking-on-very-thin-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 shlok Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:22:25 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=1012#comment-1742 Manish over at UB did a <a href="http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/stereotyping-for-fun-and-profit" rel="nofollow">thing </a>on this too. I can't tell you how angry the concept, and the way they go about it, makes me. Manish over at UB did a thing on this too. I can’t tell you how angry the concept, and the way they go about it, makes me.

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