| To: Retort From: RP Via: LW Farmer suicides sit low in the list of "unlikely subjects for satire'. But if Brasseye can successfully lampoon the moral panic around [paedophilia][1], it's not a stretch to think that someone might do something similar with agrarian despair. What's surprising, at least according to the reviews and [interviews][2], is quite how successful [Peepli Live][3] has skewered almost every venerated Indian institution, from media to state to religion. The film's out soon, and the trailer's here now. [1]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9031532194656768989 [2]: http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=14766 [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peepli_Live URL: http://rajpatel.org/2010/08/16/the-lighter-side-of-farmer-suicides/ |