Getting the facts straight.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

Cineaste, June, 2009 by Creekmur, Corey

Whatever my other responses to Robert Koehler's recent review of Slumdog Millionaire, the credibility of the piece is seriously undermined by the final paragraph's three references to characters "speaking Hindu," "Hindu dialogue," and "subtitles for the Hindu." If neither Koehler nor your copyeditors know that "Hindu" refers to a follower of Hinduism and that "Hindi" is the language used in the film--which may or may not be spoken by Hindus, including the film's Muslim main characters--then any claim of expertise in regard to the film is suspect. This is, unfortunately, a common mistake, but hardly insignificant: would your readers mind if characters in English-language films were said to be speaking "Christian"?

Corey Creekmur

Associate Professor...

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