The Archies - With White Names? - Page 2

Originally posted by: D3viL

Ohoph3lia I've been meaning to ask you.. when will you add your barbie review to the movie review thread ? Thanks

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Originally posted by: Shaitan-Haiwan

All 6 or 7 of them are Anglo-Indian? Sounds quite unbelievable to me. This is just another way to be a wannabe in my opinion. I can’t imagine Suhana as a “Veronica” 😆

I'd have cast Kareena from K3G as Veronica rather than Suhana. Poo has that snob factor in spades. Lookswise Veronica is supposed to be posh and Betty more like the girl-next door. Maybe Suhana will get the attitude correct? All the newbie actresses seem to worship Kareena's Poo anyway.

And yes, the characters are from an Anglo-Indian town. So no Meera/Pooja/Priya. I miss those 90s names.

I’ve been calling this movie a mess since the start

Originally posted by: capricornrcks

I'd have cast Kareena from K3G as Veronica rather than Suhana. Poo has that snob factor in spades. Lookswise Veronica is supposed to be posh and Betty more like the girl-next door. Maybe Suhana will get the attitude correct? All the newbie actresses seem to worship Kareena's Poo anyway.

And yes, the characters are from an Anglo-Indian town. So no Meera/Pooja/Priya. I miss those 90s names.

Kareena is too old. All these archies characters are in their teenage years - high school. Besides, Kareena would overact way too much.

Originally posted by: capricornrcks

The characters are supposed to be Anglo Indian. So I suppose they can get away with it. Though the names sound American rather than British. Also the international audience which Netflix hopes to attract will only be familiar with the original character names.

Originally posted by: Shaitan-Haiwan

and are they going to speak in Hindi with their white names ? This just looks like a wannabe project now. Expected better from Zoya

Lol, Zoya has always looked down on desi movies with all the bells and whistles of a typical Indian movie. I think she has always wanted to make a movie like this… very white washed where the characters are more Hollywood, and they speak in hinglish. 😂

I wouldn’t have gone with Zoya if I was Suhanas papa, but what do I know! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

The title of the movie is The Archies, that's why English names. They believe in Jesus.

Anything is possible in fiction.

Zoya has said the show is set in the Anglo-Indian community in India of the 1960s. So the original comics' names were kept, and actually fit that time-period. Just as in Aparna Sen's film 36 Chowringhee Lane, the main character is an Anglo-Indian teacher called Violet Stoneham.