Roadside Romeo Out!

[furtech]

I've been waiting for a while for this film to be released in the US. I don't think the previous foreign Disney film (Mexican?) was ever released. Roadside Romeo looked like a lot of fun from the "casting call" preview they had out. Thanks to brerandalopex, I found out that it's out on US DVD!

I found the film on Amazon and I've already ordered it (film night, Tracy? Roz?).

Brer mentioned that there was a cute extra on the disk, showing a music video with the costumed characters they made for it. They're neat costumes-- I'm almost sure they were made by Custom Characters here in Glendale.

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I think I'll enjoy it more than most Indians: the negatives in the reviews noted the Bollywood the number of plot cliches (at least they avoided the ultimate cliche of "Bollywoof"). Since I've only seen a few of them, that won't bother me...nor will the odd dialect they chose to use (kind of the Indian equivalent of a Brooklyn or New England accent).

English-speaker-- this cliche I do know: it's the equivalent of DoodlesTheGreat the American comic relief who is an idiot that uses big words (usually incorrectly) to make himself sound smart. In India he thinks it makes him a higher class (+educated). Both types count on the people around him not knowing what he's saying.

Interval: think of it like the caricature-short cartoons from Looney Tunes/Warner Bros: you may not now the long-dead actors they were parodying, but they can still be funny (remember Greta Garbo's hilarious portrayal as being big-footed and slow?). The level of the film is kind of classic "Bowery Boys" level humor and story/character. In terms of film-making, Bollywood is currently doing films like they made in the 30's in the US. The actors there are revered much like stars from that era, too (and act like god-like divas).

Hopefully I can get Tracy and Roz together and watch it this week!