Wes Anderson and the Follies of Modern Orientalism

Let’s talk about everyone’s favourite smol bean, and his flaws :)

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Citations:

Justin Chang: Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ is often captivating, but cultural sensitivity gets lost in translation
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-isle-of-dogs-review-20180321-story.html

Chouliaraki, Lilie. The Spectatorship of Suffering. SAGE, 2006, pp. 3.

David Fear: How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Isle of Dogs’?
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-isle-of-dogs-204452/

Said, Edward W. Orientalism. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978.

Jonah Weiner: How Wes Anderson Mishandles Race
https://slate.com/culture/2007/09/how-wes-anderson-mishandles-race.html

Music:

Cousin Ben by Savfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozYj_uBp3i0&t=86s

Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka | Devdas | flute cover | vinayak joshi flute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKzzxBanyMc

Renegade Cut has a very similar take on this (we both took heavy inspiration from Jonah Weiner's Slate article), go check out his video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ku7PwEKTAw

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