He broke taboo in a country that wasn't his (which means it's not within his 'rights' to fuck with it, but should be obligated to know the rules and/or expectations and follow them). If you're a guest in someone elses house, you don't use the handtowels to wipe your ass, which is pretty much what he did.
She's getting in trouble for 1) Not making a fuss when he did it and 2) Sticking up for him so it doesn't become an even bigger mess than it is. And it's doubtful Gere will be as open about defending her in turn.
Also, even if he had done that here, in America, with a white woman, I would have cringed--because even here, getting into someone's space that way just isn't cool. Hell, I cringe when I see 'my' boy kiss co-singers on the cheek and generally smooze around with fans. There's just something wrong about that, especially when the person getting the treatment wasn;t expecting it.
Doing it in a place where the culture is a bit more formal (I don't consider it 'backwards', to be honest. Just stricter for whatever reason) is inconsiderate. Both to the culture, even a 'small percentage' of it, and to her. Gere, if he leaves and stay out, gets the 'no harm no foul' card.
Shetty, on the other hand, is pretty much fucked. And it'll be because Gere is a fucking idiot.
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Date: 2007-04-27 04:33 pm (UTC)He broke taboo in a country that wasn't his (which means it's not within his 'rights' to fuck with it, but should be obligated to know the rules and/or expectations and follow them). If you're a guest in someone elses house, you don't use the handtowels to wipe your ass, which is pretty much what he did.
She's getting in trouble for 1) Not making a fuss when he did it and 2) Sticking up for him so it doesn't become an even bigger mess than it is. And it's doubtful Gere will be as open about defending her in turn.
Also, even if he had done that here, in America, with a white woman, I would have cringed--because even here, getting into someone's space that way just isn't cool. Hell, I cringe when I see 'my' boy kiss co-singers on the cheek and generally smooze around with fans. There's just something wrong about that, especially when the person getting the treatment wasn;t expecting it.
Doing it in a place where the culture is a bit more formal (I don't consider it 'backwards', to be honest. Just stricter for whatever reason) is inconsiderate. Both to the culture, even a 'small percentage' of it, and to her. Gere, if he leaves and stay out, gets the 'no harm no foul' card.
Shetty, on the other hand, is pretty much fucked. And it'll be because Gere is a fucking idiot.