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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I interviewed<i> Diana</i>‘s London-based costume designer via telephone to gain insight into his aesthetic experience. Julian Day has previously dressed <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Emily Blunt, Kristen Scott Thomas and Helen Mirren</span> in various films.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';">Laaleen Khan: Julian, you’ve reinterpreted iconic Diana dresses to perfection, with startling results. W</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';">hat did you have in mind when depicting the</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"> style evolution that occurred in the last years of Diana’s life?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Julian Day: I had a look at the reference, a number of pictures, and reinterpreted it to take into consideration the height and shape difference between Diana and Naomi.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> I reinterpreted those clothes to give the same impression for Naomi’s shape.</span> It’s very pared down, much simpler, less complicated. Fashion plays a big role in her (Diana’s) life. Towards the end of her life, she liked to pare down what she was wearing (and kept it) simplistic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LK: Are there any other iconic moments from Diana’s life you would’ve liked to aesthetically recreate from her earlier years, such as her wedding day complete with her fairytale gown and the dazzling Spencer tiara?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: Not really. In all fairness, some of the things she wore when she started her relationship with Charles were not particularly nice. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">I think, as she got divorced from Charles and away from the royal family, she was able to use her own style decisions.</span> She became more of herself. She was a fairly stylish lady.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LK: Oliver has said that he was looking for the right vibe with his casting choices rather than lookalikes. What was your experience like recreating Hasnat and Dodi for the screen?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: It’s about interpretation of a look in a sense. As a costume designer, I’ve got to be aware…I did a bit of research into the royal household, what they wore. It’s all about creating a mood. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">We were never intending on making a documentary. This is a film. You interpret it in a way to benefit the film</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: The jewellery was all chosen with Diana’s style in mind, all from past and present collections. Things she had worn. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Tod’s produced bags and shoes, original bags they’d made for her. Jimmy Choo produced the classics that she wore. Oliver Goldsmith produced a range of sunglasses that she worn.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LK: How many of Diana’s Pakistani outfits did you recreate for Naomi? Did you enlist any Pakistani or Indian fashion labels for any of these?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">I luckily am married to someone of Asian origin and (am aware of) the intricacies of wearing the shalwar kameez.</span> We went to the Asian areas in London and chose fabrics and had them produced by seamstresses here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: Between 100-120 different costumes for her. I only had 6 weeks to do it all and very little money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: Personally, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">I would find that quite distasteful.</span> No, not as far as I would I know. That’s my personal opinion. A jewellery company in America recreated her engagement ring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: (She began with) Reiss and the highstreet. Designers are getting to know her now. She’s got her own style. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Diana created a style for the royal family. Kate is following in her footsteps, a proxy really.</span> Kate is a fairly classic dresser, I don’t know much about her and I don’t follow the royal family (closely). Her and her husband dress very normally and I wouldn’t change a thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: I’ve already depicted John Lennon. And F1 racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda and in <i>Rush </i>(starring Chris Hemsworth). I’d be interested to do Elton John’s clothes. He certainly had a style of his own. And Napoléon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">JD: A film in Nantucket about Moby Dick, set in 1819 (<i>In the Heart of the Sea</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A new film taps into our
fascination with the late Princess’ legacy, iconic fashion choices &
penchant for eastern men</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><i>More at: PAPERAZZI mag @Pakistan Today</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She’s one of the world’s most beloved
royals and led an extraordinary life that continues to ignite public interest. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Di’s appeal never seems to ‘die’ down, as
demonstrated by bestselling books, salacious newspapers reports, tabloid
headlines and glossy magazine features. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vanity
Fair</i> alone published 5 posthumous Diana covers since her death in 1997. Eerie
‘what-if’ reproductions of Diana’s present-day looks include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newsweek</i>’s 2011 ‘Diana at 50’ cover and
Israel Zohar’s recent portrait of Diana at 52.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> Larger than life, she remains an
eminently marketable brand that continues to intrigue and sell.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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curiosity about all things Diana, but it’s hard to resist a peek into her life.
Judging from numerous made-for-TV films about the princess over the last three
decades, TV producers agree: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">from naïve celebratory biopics about her wedding
to Charles in the 80s, to low-budget melodramas depicting his liaison with
Camilla in the 90s, to a series of investigative documentaries since her tragic
demise,</span> the world now awaits the first quality feature film on the princess
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Watts, Ecosse Films’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diana </i>attempts
to recreate the last two years of Diana’s life. Originally titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caught In Flight, </i>the film is based on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diana: Her Last Love</i>, by Kate Snell and
2006 inquest reports on her death. An excerpt from Snell’s foreward: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">“…the love
Diana was seeking…had to include a man, a family, the feeling that she was
loved for herself, and that she could maintain the love of the public;”</span>—Granada
Media, 2000).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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relationship with Dr. Hasnat Khan—the pivotal core of the narrative—along with
her summer fling with Dodi Al-Fayed. Hasnat is the Pakistani-British NHS
cardiac surgeon who, according to popular opinion, never sold her out for fame
or riches. He even rejected an offer to act as a script consultant for this
film although producer Robert Bernstein tells the Daily Mail that Hasnat met
Snell and “</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';">allowed her to meet his family and his friends, and
it’s through that relationship that we were able to move forward” (a claim that Hasnat vehemently denies). Bernstein also
reveals implicit approval from Buckingham Palace, who permitted the crew to
film scenes at the Kensington Palace gate and gardens.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';">At 5’5” and 44 years, Naomi may not be a
dead ringer for the 5’10” Diana who died at 36, but her screen interpretation
seems poignant and sensitive in the previews of the film.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> </span>“It’s not just about matching her physically, it’s about getting inside
her, getting the interpretation right,” she says. ‘She (Diana) had a very
expressive face. She had that sideways smile we all remember, and those big
eyes and a strong, athletic walk.’ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">For the role, Naomi undertook six weeks of
voice-coaching, wore a series of wigs, shaved her eyebrows and added a small
prosthetic to her nose. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Diana’s final two lovers are portrayed by <i>Lost</i> alums; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Hasnat is played by Naveen
Andrews, a British actor of South Indian origin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Dodi is played by Cas
Anvar, a Canadian actor of Iranian origin. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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theatres across Pakistan by HKC Entertainment, the company that brought <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bride and Prejudice</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Reluctant Fundamentalist </i>to our
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Is the world burka-ing up the wrong tree by focusing on
the Burka Avenger’s costume choice? The show’s creator, Haroon Aaron Rashid,
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Via</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.thegenteel.com/articles/culture/a-burka-clad-heroine">http://www.thegenteel.com/articles/culture/a-burka-clad-heroine</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She’s the new superhero that’s sparked debate across global media platforms. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A mild mannered schoolteacher by day, Jiya
fights oppressive elements in her village with her martial arts skills while
dressed in a black burka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Burka Avenger is a 13-episode, 22-minute animated Pakistani
series (<a href="http://youtube.com/burkaavenger"><span style="color: windowtext;">youtube.com/burkaavenger</span></a>)
that airs Sundays on Geo Tez, part of the network that also airs the
controversial baby giveaway spectacle (<a href="http://pakistaniopinion.blogspot.com/2013/08/pakistans-disposable-baby-girls.html">http://pakistaniopinion.blogspot.com/2013/08/pakistans-disposable-baby-girls.html</a>).
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">According to <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Washington
Post</i> </b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/08/01/burka-avenger-pakistans-new-superhero/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/08/01/burka-avenger-pakistans-new-superhero/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd</a>
she makes Disney princesses look “downright antiquated” while <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>The Huffington Post </b></i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/burka-avenger-vs-disney_n_3660387.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/burka-avenger-vs-disney_n_3660387.html</a>
states, “Disney could learn a thing or two about what a female protagonist
should look like from the fearless Burka Avenger.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Burka Avenger seems to have sparked more international (<a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/07/31/207288030/lady-in-black-burka-avenger-fights-for-pakistans-girls">http://www.npr.org/2013/07/31/207288030/lady-in-black-burka-avenger-fights-for-pakistans-girls</a>)
frenzy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and social media trending (<a href="http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/27/burka-avenger-to-take-fight-to-extremists/">http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/27/burka-avenger-to-take-fight-to-extremists/</a>)
than local <a href="http://theladiesfinger.com/the-burqa-joins-the-league-of-cape-and-cowl/">http://theladiesfinger.com/the-burqa-joins-the-league-of-cape-and-cowl/</a>
concern, mostly centering on the show’s title and choice of superhero costume.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It's a sort of Pakistani feminist
shaking her fist at the sky,” opines Lahore-based lawyer and columnist <b>Ahmad
Rafay Alam</b> (@rafay_alam).
“…the ‘debate’ exists only on Pakistani social media and the Western press.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So what’s with the hoopla over the burka? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For one thing, burkas are quick to inspire
sensational news reports and influence pop culture <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/08/lady-gaga-shows-cultural-appropriation-newold-way-sell-single/68055/"><span style="color: #2750ab; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/08/lady-gaga-shows-cultural-appropriation-newold-way-sell-single/68055/</span></a>).</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Michael Jackson</b> allegedly wore one to remain
incognito in Bahrain (<a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/michael-jackson-takes-the-burka#.UgIXJRxCpEM">http://sweetness-light.com/archive/michael-jackson-takes-the-burka#.UgIXJRxCpEM</a>).
The leader of the Red Mosque fiasco tried escaping in one (<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6270626.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6270626.stm</a>.
<a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/07/abdul_aziz_red_mosqu.php">http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/07/abdul_aziz_red_mosqu.php</a>).
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Watching a woman in niqab attempt to eat French fries in Abu Dhabi, <b>Carrie Bradshaw</b>
comments, </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">‘Well, I could get into the
head wrap, but the veil across the mouth, it freaks me out. It's like they
don't want them to have a voice’</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">—Sex & the City 2 (</span><a href="http://www.satctranscripts.com/2010/10/sex-and-city-2-transcript-part-b.html" style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.satctranscripts.com/2010/10/sex-and-city-2-transcript-part-b.html</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">).
Not to mention the commotion they’ve caused in France (</span><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/07/22/204506345/burka-ban-stirs-another-round-of-clashes-in-france" style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/07/22/204506345/burka-ban-stirs-another-round-of-clashes-in-france</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When it comes to objectifying women, Pakistan has its share of female (<a href="http://galaxylollywood.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-mahnoor-balochmathira-item-number-video-is-out-for-you-to-see/">http://galaxylollywood.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-mahnoor-balochmathira-item-number-video-is-out-for-you-to-see/</a>)
objectification (<a href="http://www.pique.pk/culture/01-Aug-2012/sleazeristan">http://www.pique.pk/culture/01-Aug-2012/sleazeristan</a>).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Jiya could just as easily have dressed like Lara Croft, a Bond girl, or a buxom
warrior from kitschy ‘Lollywood’ cinema<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Or she could have picked from an array of conservative garb from across the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a designer abaya (<a href="http://www.3abaya.com/">http://www.3abaya.com/</a>),
Burkini swimwear (<a href="http://www.burqini.com/">http://www.burqini.com/</a>),
an Iranian hijab (<a href="http://dreamofiran.com/street-fashion-for-hijab-iranian-style/">http://dreamofiran.com/street-fashion-for-hijab-iranian-style/</a>),
a blue Afghan ‘shuttlecock’ burqa (<a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/299914">http://digitaljournal.com/article/299914</a>),
a black niqab (<a href="http://middleeast.about.com/od/religionsectarianism/g/niqab-definition-faq.htm">http://middleeast.about.com/od/religionsectarianism/g/niqab-definition-faq.htm</a>),
or a Pakistani dupatta (<a href="http://changinguppakistan.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/the-dupatta-symbol/">http://changinguppakistan.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/the-dupatta-symbol/</a>.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nigella created waves of consternation among British tabloids when she wore a burqini on the beach</td></tr>
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similar to a scuba diver’s unitard accompanied by a ski mask and billowing
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adil Omar (left) and Haroon Aaron Rashid (right) in the music video for Lady In Black</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Islamabad-based rapper <b>Adil Omar</b> describes her as a
“silent ninja” and a “vigilante” in his lyrics for the catchy Lady In Black
video (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FwmRLCZzSEH&h=tAQGQ3F0E&s=1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://t.co/wmRLCZzSEH</span></a>
or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adilomarmusic/posts/10151738234596445">https://www.facebook.com/adilomarmusic/posts/10151738234596445</a>.
Omar explains, “Hip-hop is also generally full of misogynistic
bullshit, so it felt good to write something about a strong female character
who kicks ass.” About her burka, he added, “It is an invisibility cloak in the
context of the series.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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specialists their views on Jiya’s burka. <b>Izza Farrakh Satti</b> is an adviser for the DFID's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme and thinks, “…The title ‘Burka Avenger’
trivializes and possibly even mocks the ‘burka.’ Had Jiya’s…superhero costume
just happened to be a burqa, the message would have been deeper and more
subtle. Batman isn’t the ‘bat-eared’ caped crusader, Superman isn’t the ‘flying
machine in red underwear’, and Catwoman isn’t the ‘tailed superwoman.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Huma
Zafar </b>who chairs a charity school in the Punjab,
isn’t a fan of the title either: “My first reaction before I was introduced to it
was, ‘are they mocking someone who wears a burka?’ But she grows on you and it
is a bold, positive step towards education.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The show’s creator, <b>Haroon Aaron Rashid</b> (<a href="http://www.haroon.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.haroon.com</span></a>), has been
a successful pop singer in Pakistan since the 90s. His band, Awaaz, aired the
first Pakistani music video on MTV Asia, followed by world tours and a solo
career in 2000. Rashid says the idea for the Burka Avenger was inspired by
incidents in Swat (<a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C21%5Cstory_21-8-2008_pg7_39">http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C21%5Cstory_21-8-2008_pg7_39</a>)
as well as by his mother and sister, who are both schoolteachers. With field
experience producing and directing his own music videos, he came up with the
storyboard, musical score and sound effects for an animation short to promote
the Burka Avenger as a phone game. The results were “amazing” and prompted the
idea to make it a full-fledged cartoon series in October of 2011. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sukhera Khan: How did you flesh out Jiya's character and superhero alterego?</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Haroon Aaron Rashid: I wanted her to be a
schoolteacher. My mother (who’s from New Zealand) and sister were teachers so I
have great respect for them…Jiya is clued in, aware, makes a difference, and
cares about the world, education and Halwapur. She’s an inspirational teacher
and a role model in her own right. She only wears the burka to hide her
identity and fight bad guys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Has Malala's courage and worldwide fame inspired the characters and/or storyline
at all?</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: It hasn’t affected this. We’d
completed 7 episodes (by the time) the Malala incident happened including the
concept, storylines and characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Has your own multicultural urban upbringing in Islamabad ever echoed any of
these storylines? How did you put yourself in the shoes of rural kids? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: I’ve traveled extensively and have
a broad view of things. I wanted (to incorporate) local cultural elements.
Living in Pakistan…you come across wonderful people but also people with very
narrow views. A lot of that goes into the show. For instance, (experiencing) discriminatory
attitudes firsthand. In the West, people are a little more PC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Can you tell me about your upcoming episode that discusses discrimination?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: In this episode (to be aired in the
coming months), one of the central character’s family is kicked off their farm…for
economic reasons…and for being different. Josh (a Canadian band with members of
Indian and Pakistani origin <a href="http://www.planetjosh.com/">http://www.planetjosh.com/</a>)
appear showing we’re brothers. The message is about (going beyond) race, colour
and creed. It’s about unity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LSK:
What were the options when designing Jiya's costume? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: The burka is a great way to hide your
identity and it made sense. It has a local relatable flavor and it’s worn by Muslim
women so it’s not anti-Islam. It’s not objectifying women like Wonder Woman or
Catwoman…It’s less about what she’s wearing and more about her deeds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LSK:
She’s wearing black nailpolish too. So she’d have to remove it quickly when
she’s back in Jiya mode? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: (Laughs) She’s a superhero so she
can do that fast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LSK:
So your merchandise won’t include a burka?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: At this stage its t-shirts. People have
been asking for posters and dolls (figurines). It’s only been 10-12 days since
the story broke and we’re still trying to catch up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LSK:
Why call her the Burka Avenger? Why not the Ninja Avenger, for example? </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: Ninjas (have) a lot of
negative connotations and associations with death. For me, it’s about doing
something new, creative and original and turning stereotypes on their head. In
the West, they think that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">women only wear the hejab or burka because they’re
oppressed. We know that’s not true. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LSK:
Why do you think some people like (former ambassador) Sherry Rehman </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">@sherryrehman) and (author) Bina Shah (</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://binashah.blogspot.ca/2013/07/a-pakistani-feminists-thoughts-on-burka.html">http://binashah.blogspot.ca/2013/07/a-pakistani-feminists-thoughts-on-burka.html</a>)</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> are viewing her costume as symbolic of
oppression? There was even a full-blown debate about it on NDTV in India <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<a href="http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/burka-avenger-cool-or-conformist/285144">http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/burka-avenger-cool-or-conformist/285144</a>
). Do you think this whole burka controversy has been blown out of proportion?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAR: This whole thing happened because
people hadn’t bothered to watch the show…They’re assuming it’s a woman who’s
oppressed and (dressed) in a burka day and night. I held focus groups before
launching with feminist friends, they thought it was empowering women and that
the burka is their choice. If someone wants to make judgements based on a name,
it isn’t fair. I don’t mind that it’s opened up a debate, that’s good and
healthy. But we shouldn’t let it overshadow the broader positive message of our
show. Highlighting that too much in the press is taking too much away form it…I
think Bina Shah has changed her opinion dramatically since she watched the
show. Sherry Rehman’s was a knee-jerk reaction…(Activist) Marwi Sarmat (<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57596696/pakistans-burka-avenger-cartoon-stirs-outfit-controversy/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57596696/pakistans-burka-avenger-cartoon-stirs-outfit-controversy/</a>)
is not exposed to the concept of the show. If Jiya’s identity was discovered
battling the bad guys, she’d get in trouble and wont be able to do her job. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Has Mitsubishi protested yet for naming one of your villains 'Vadero Pajero?'
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landlord in the Sindh province) is the only person who can afford to buy one in
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Laaleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426996858844771763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950161717077646864.post-83114234893466590452013-08-02T05:28:00.004-07:002013-08-02T05:28:54.381-07:00Jennifer Aniston's millionth baby bump watch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the photo that will launch 1,000 MORE speculative tabloid covers:</span><div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Normal people look like this after a meal. But not Jen. Hamburgers make her nauseous and her guilty pleasure is snacking on kale chips.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jen was also photographed patting her non-existent belly earlier this year.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This has been a cover story for the last 2 decades. Jen is now 43. Expect to see it continue for another fifty years.</span></div>
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Laaleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426996858844771763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950161717077646864.post-32225194825122158642013-07-22T06:15:00.002-07:002013-07-22T06:53:44.334-07:00Must-see bleak yet brilliant TV crime dramas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many of these brilliantly executed crime/mystery dramas are deliberately set in dreary locales, yet make for compelling entertainment:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Top of the Lake</span> </i></b>(Sundance Channel)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Pros:</b></span> Fast paced, fun adaptation of Philippa Gregory's trilogy on the Plantaganets (<i>The White Queen, The Red Queen, The Kingmaker's Daughter</i>) shot at stunning locations in Flanders. Keep in mind that for once, the BBC version is less raunchy than it's US counterpart (since it'll be broadcast on Starz, a cable channel). Featuring Jeremy Iron's dashing young son, Max Irons, as King Edward IV, and likable newbie Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville (Edward's queen).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Cons:</span> </b>Historical inaccuracy but hey, that's not what Gregory's known for (remember <i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i>?). Check out the BBC's documentary on The 'Real' White Queen: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22840690">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22840690</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He won an Oscar for playing the stammering George VI and currently has his pick of the most fascinating roles in Hollywood. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, there's no way the world will ever let him forget that he was once Lizzie Bennet's beloved Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. In many respects, he still is.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Voted Britain's most iconic moment in drama no less than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">18 years after its debut</span> <a href="http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0705/460709-firths-mr-darcy-tops-tv-drama-poll/">http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0705/460709-firths-mr-darcy-tops-tv-drama-poll/</a>, the image of a vulnerable Mr. Darcy emerging drenched from a lake at his spectacular Pemberley estate has rendered him endearing to millions of viewers--possibly for posterity. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew Davies' sensitive interpretation of Austen's romantic hero in BBC's 1995 production of <b>Pride and Prejudice</b> proved a great success, critically, commercially and culturally. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While there have been several other Darcys since 1995, none have evoked quite the same reaction, in what I'd like to call <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">the WWS (Wet White Shirt) phenomenon...</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These have included <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Elliot Cowen</span> emerging from the lake as Mr. Darcy in <b>Lost in Austen</b>: </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colin Firth fighting in the rain--and kissing in the snow--as Mark Darcy in <b>Bridget Jones' Diary</b> (2001): </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And various rain-drenched literary characters such as Downton Abbey's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Dan Stevens</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> chopping wood in the rain in <b>Sense and Sensibility</b> (ITV):</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What really takes the cake is this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">12 foot tall fiberglass statue</span> of Firth as Darcy, complete with WWS, touring British lakes until 2014 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/08/mr-darcy-statue-pride-and-prejudice">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/08/mr-darcy-statue-pride-and-prejudice</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's Colin's 1997 reaction to the frenzy via </span><a href="http://www.colinfirth24-7.com/pp/colin_firth_on_darcy_mania.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.colinfirth24-7.com/pp/colin_firth_on_darcy_mania.html</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i><span class="rvts48" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"It seems obvious that what happened with the Darcy character was very special, not just to me but to a lot of other people, and I feel that I must look at it all again, absorb it, understand this bewildering golden moment"</span></i>--Colin Firth in TimeOut.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...And here's Colin in an interview with Piers Morgan following his Oscar win in 2011: <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1102/17/pmt.01.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1102/17/pmt.01.html</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">MORGAN: Do you quite like the fact of having been <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Darcy</span> and having been in "Bridget Jones'" stuff where you play the classic archetype of charmer that the last two great roles you've had, "Single Man" and "King's Speech," you're not actually playing that kind of character?<br /><br />FIRTH: I do relish that. I mean you know this character quite -- leaving aside the speech problem, he's a damaged soul and whether it's because of the speech problem, whatever, the character as written in our script is somebody who's got a huge number of demons. That's very interesting work for me.<br /><br />MORGAN: You prefer it as an actor?<br /><br />FIRTH: Of course. Yes. It's wonderful hunting ground. I mean that's what we get our teeth into.<br /><br />MORGAN: I mean, no disrespect. You just turned 50. I'm not sure how long you can play out that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Darcy</span> stuff.<br /><br />FIRTH: I'm not trying to play it out.<br /><br />MORGAN: I know.<br /><br />(CROSSTALK)<br /><br />FIRTH: Come after me. It's either <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Darcy</span> or Piers Morgan or whatever, it's impossible to escape. But no, it's -- that's where the rich pickings are, you know. It's people with problems are far more interesting. If you don't have any problems, you're bland. And you know --<br /><br />MORGAN: I've always detected, you feel slightly uncomfortable being a sex symbol. You've never felt as easy with that part as you want to. I mean I'd love it if I ever have that role.<br /><br />FIRTH: If I could truly believe it, I would be so comfortable with it. It's not like a vanity at all.<br /><br />MORGAN: You should believe it. I get women telling me when they think I'm Colin, wow, you're sexy. I've loved all your films.<br /><br />FIRTH: These things have a shelf life. I mean I think you've just got to know when you so gracefully like hang up a mantle and trade it for another and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Darcy</span> was 15 years ago. And funnily enough, I mean, for about five or six hours of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Darcy</span>, he was anything but a charmer.<br /><br />This was a kind of strange character intuitive thing. I thought I was playing this unlikable person in literature, you know, who alienates absolutely everybody. And yet, somehow, this sort of, you know, the -- I mean, certainly not the David Niven part in that film.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="rvts48" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">university</span>, I wrote my honours thesis on deconstructing cinematic adaptations of Jane Austen and was fortunate enough to encounter Colin Firth on a rainy night in London (via <a href="http://laaleen.blogspot.com/2009/04/wet-white-shirts-mr-darcy-enters.html">http://laaleen.blogspot.com/2009/04/wet-white-shirts-mr-darcy-enters.html</a> ):</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I waited backstage to speak to Colin after a theatrical performance of Three Days Of Rain in Soho. Although I forced myself to not mention the dreaded D word, there were a few elderly ladies evidently inflicted with a bad case of Darcy Fever who asked him trivial questions about the P&P production. I couldn’t help giggling when I saw how carefully he kept a straight face and politely answered their questions. Mr. Firth didn’t bat an eyelid when I gave up trying to sound nonchalant and demanded a photo with him. Unfortunately, he was dressed in jeans and a sweater rather than breeches and a top hat."</span></i></span><br />
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Laaleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426996858844771763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950161717077646864.post-78103017276635488292013-03-25T10:36:00.005-07:002013-03-25T11:06:04.674-07:00Ford--the getaway car for kidnappers & rapists?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously, WHAT were the honchos at Ford<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ford">https://www.facebook.com/ford</a> Motors--and their advertising agency--thinking?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Facebook, under The Hollywood Reporter's (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ford-apologizes-kardashian-hilton-ad-430628">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ford-apologizes-kardashian-hilton-ad-430628</a>) Facebook post about the debacle, people had mixed opinions, mostly insensitive:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><a aria-controls="js_8" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_8" class="UFICommentActorName" content="Anasazi Casner" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=1374302727" href="https://www.facebook.com/exploritory.bite" id=".reactRoot[74].[1][2][1]{comment10151307907282750_8299914}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][0]" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Anasazi Casner</a><span id=".reactRoot[74].[1][2][1]{comment10151307907282750_8299914}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][1]"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[74].[1][2][1]{comment10151307907282750_8299914}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[74].[1][2][1]{comment10151307907282750_8299914}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[74].[1][2][1]{comment10151307907282750_8299914}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">I think it's funny. Has everyone lost their sense of humor?? Lol</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a country justifiably seething with post-gang-rape fury, (<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/13/world/asia/india-new-gang-rape">http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/13/world/asia/india-new-gang-rape</a>), <b>Ford India rather foolishly advertised has-been reality TV star Paris Hilton driving with the bound-and-gagged Kardashian sisters (current reality-TV celebs)</b>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim Kourtney and Khloe may be pretty annoying all over the media, but they don't deserve to be treated with violence. They're human. They're women. Flesh and blood. And Kim, heavily pregnant in real life, is portrayed in a skimpy bikini. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even Paris would have to agree that it's pretty tasteless.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>There's even a sleazy one of Silvio Berlusconi</b> with a trip of bound and gagged women (escorts? a cop?) in the trunk (so he's resorted to kidnapping now)?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's next--<b>trapping bunnies and mink in the trunk of a car driven by the Olsen twins </b>(<a href="http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/olsen+twins/default.aspx">http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/olsen+twins/default.aspx</a>)<b> for their fur coats?</b> At least PETA would be all over that one.</span><br />
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