Slumdog Millionaire dominated the Golden Globes and may do the same with the Oscars. I’ve talked to at least one person who saw it and liked it greatly. A British newspaper is calling it the first film of the Obama era, mainly because it is so positive and heralds a more positive age. I am intrigued at the prospect that it striking a different tone than much contemporary work:
It does not have an ironic moment. It is utterly devoid of cynicism. Instead, it is bright-eyed, optimistic – idealistic, even. To generations reared on a drip-feed of corrosive cynicism, the elevation of greed for greed’s sake and weary disillusion with our leaders and our institutions it feels almost shocking.
You don’t have to believe that Obama will usher in a new age to be ready for a change of cultural tone. Have any of you seen “Slumdog Millionaire”? How is it really?
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