Get Back Here, You Tea-Drinking Boot Wearer!

[dr_pretentious]

Our friend Sam hosts a weekly movie night. Lately he's on a big Bollywood kick. Tonight, we watched the second half of Lagaan, a heartwarming sports musical about cricket and land taxes. I am not making this up.

My favorite moment in the film is when the village fortuneteller takes his turn at the...pitching mound? Whatever the cricket equivalent of the pitching mound is, anyway. And he shouts imprecations at the evil British Raj guys who will get to drive the virtuous villagers off their land if the game goes the wrong way. Go back where you came from, you tea-drinking boot wearers!

It's such an odd sentence, and it lent itself so well to shouting, I want to give it a try. Alas, my favorite tea-drinking boot wearer has already gone home to Britain.

Comments

[twoeleven.livejournal.com]

having seen lagaan, i can confirm that she's not making it up.

[vgnwtch.livejournal.com]

I remember an interview with the guy who plays the evil tea-drinking boot wearer, who said making the film was a ton of fun, and they'd end up playing cricket and kicking around together well after the cameras stopped. He also said he didn't speak the language, but a couple of the cast and crew interpreted for him. They were worried he'd be upset at playing a villain, but he thought it was all hilarious.

Funny, that was years ago, and it stuck in my brain.

Well, almost 7:30am. Time for tea and boots.

[elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com]

I want to see that movie. It sounds briliant!

Wanna come up with some variations on that theme? If the evil raj was Rupert Murdoch you might say:

"Go back to the former penal colony you came from, you asian-wife marrying apologist for all that is small-minded and greedy!"

Try it! It's fun!

[amheriksha.livejournal.com]

You can always try shouting it:

In a Starbucks+
Back in Seattle+
On Capital Hill

I promise you, there will be at least one tea-drinking boot wearer in the crowd.

[adelfifan.livejournal.com]

I guess it sounded particularly offensive when he said it in Hindi.
Listen, read some of your posts and really liked them, I'm setting up a link to yours on my blog in wordpress, hope you don't mind terribly?

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted. Thank you! More readers are always welcome. Where on wordpress would I find you? And may I ask how you found me?

[adelfifan.livejournal.com]

Oh, silly me, that would be http://vintagefan.wordpress.com/

And you have no idea what interesting blogs you can come across by typing in 'fantasy/Cliché/ bad' works everytime when you feel yourself slipping---there are more and more people doing your dirty work for you as far as what not to write, what's already done etc!

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Have you had a look at Elizabeth Bear's blog? From my quick look around at wordpress, I get the impression matociquala would be just your cup of tea.

[adelfifan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, will definitely check it out.