A hard-knock life on the streets of Mumbai, India has miraculously prepared a young man (Dev Patel) to be a superb contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire!
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Produced with George W. Bush's still in office and set a world away, Slumdog Millionaire was the perfect film for America 2008. With two wars raging and an economy collapsing, we were in desperate need of some "hope" and "change". With Jamal as our collective avatar, this candy colored fantasy set to a pulsing soundtrack, allowed us to dive into some serious "shit" (murder, tortue, prostitution, etc.) and come out on the other end victorious and unscathed no matter how improbable the odds. While it would not officially win its Oscar until February 2009, the deal was already sealed on November 4th 2008 with the electoral victory of President Barack Hussein Obama. More than any other campaign ad, this film was "Yes we can!" at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately this victory would be short-lived. Merely one year later, we found ourselves in trapped in The Hurt Locker. Hadn't we just left a place that was No Country For Old Men? Oh well! It was fun while it lasted. I'm interested to see what Best Picture greets Obama's second term. Right now it's a pretty open field...
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