We saw Slumdog Millionaire last weekend, and thought it was a good film. I was pretty troubled though when yesterday I read that when filming had finished, the child stars went back to live under a bit of canvas next to an open sewer.I'm not really tsk-tsking, because I don't really know what the solution would be. It's naive to think you could just give these couple of kids a mansion to live in, and Bob's your Uncle. What about the family? Extended family? Friends? Education? Food?
But still, it just seems so wrong. They fly the kids over for the Oscars this week, and people stand and applaud them... but then the day after their just dumped back in a slum.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7909660.stm
thanks for the link, disconcerted. Actually I did read that--
Still, the assistance was from the Indian govt, not the movie makers.. The movie makers did set up their education, which is great- but that was only for a couple of the actors.
Yeah it would have been much nicer to think that the film company rewarded them after it gained so much success. More understandable if the movie hadn't generated the attention it now has.
Still, that's capitalism for you.
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