Comments on: CW cancels Aliens in America http://uberdesi.com/blog/2008/05/20/cw-cancels-aliens-in-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Keeping it real, desi ishtyle. Discussing all things, Indian and Indian-American. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Desi Dose: Adhir Kalyan Cast as Doctor Raj in ‘Nip/Tuck,’ CW Cancels ‘Aliens in America,’ Who is Actress Sunita Prasad, Discrimination Survey, Anil Ambani Invests in Hollywood, and Sex Workers Gain Life Insurance | Desi Manifesto Blog: The Forum f http://uberdesi.com/blog/2008/05/20/cw-cancels-aliens-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3119 Desi Dose: Adhir Kalyan Cast as Doctor Raj in ‘Nip/Tuck,’ CW Cancels ‘Aliens in America,’ Who is Actress Sunita Prasad, Discrimination Survey, Anil Ambani Invests in Hollywood, and Sex Workers Gain Life Insurance | Desi Manifesto Blog: The Forum f Mon, 26 May 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2008/05/20/cw-cancels-aliens-in-america/#comment-3119 [...] * And as I just saw the season (and I suppose series) finale last night, I must point out that I do not know nearly enough about the guest star, actress Sunita Prasad. She is niiiice, and it’s good to see a desi American girl on TV who can be just that–desi American. Then they had to go ruin it by having her (though she was a seemingly conservative Muslim) burn Raja by sneaking around with some white guy. The hilarity of seeing her, in hijab, holding hands with ‘Matthew’ was lost on both Raja and me. Sure, they weren’t exclusive or anything. But that shit’s still cold. Actually, maybe I won’t miss this show so much. Seek your vengeance in “Nip/Tuck” Raja/Adhir! Anyway, Uber Desi has a more mature postmortem on the show and the finale. [...] [...] * And as I just saw the season (and I suppose series) finale last night, I must point out that I do not know nearly enough about the guest star, actress Sunita Prasad. She is niiiice, and it’s good to see a desi American girl on TV who can be just that–desi American. Then they had to go ruin it by having her (though she was a seemingly conservative Muslim) burn Raja by sneaking around with some white guy. The hilarity of seeing her, in hijab, holding hands with ‘Matthew’ was lost on both Raja and me. Sure, they weren’t exclusive or anything. But that shit’s still cold. Actually, maybe I won’t miss this show so much. Seek your vengeance in “Nip/Tuck” Raja/Adhir! Anyway, Uber Desi has a more mature postmortem on the show and the finale. [...]

]]> By: shlok http://uberdesi.com/blog/2008/05/20/cw-cancels-aliens-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 shlok Wed, 21 May 2008 03:27:42 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2008/05/20/cw-cancels-aliens-in-america/#comment-3120 I wrote this long ass comment that just got deleted...uggh! In summary, saw the last half of that episode. And you're right about (only when it comes to what I saw): <blockquote> ‘Aliens..’ covered the cultural gap between two desi people of the same age and same religion, but raised in different cultures, pretty well. This is something I’m not too used to seeing even on desi entertainment outlets</blockquote> I wrote this long ass comment that just got deleted…uggh!

In summary, saw the last half of that episode. And you’re right about (only when it comes to what I saw):

‘Aliens..’ covered the cultural gap between two desi people of the same age and same religion, but raised in different cultures, pretty well. This is something I’m not too used to seeing even on desi entertainment outlets

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