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).
There's some debate on how much of a tabboo this really is. Because it seems like its extreme conservatives that are really angry about this. And maybe, it's similar to what happened with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake -- he got notoriety and some sort of 'pass'. Jackson caught the censure. And that was complicated by sex and race assery of the US sort. With Gere and Shetty, it seems that Shetty was mauled (and that she wasn't welcoming of that). I also think, that Gere isn't going to defend Shetty so much as deride her country. And while she's catching it from some very vocal countrymen of hers, it's not for Gere to say (the smug git).
Having had a kiss stolen a time or two, and by old men I liked (but not so much after the theft) I can tell you that it's a lose-lose thing because many idiots are like, "What was she doing dressed like that?" Or, "No self-respecting girl would ever enter into that sort of event."
And yeah, Shetty is fucked. But it's like she's caught between Gere's entitlement and the standards/demands of the more outspoken conservatives of her home.
But Shetty is good with grace. I wonder how far that'll take her. I feel bad for her. Just because she wants to be a global celebrity, she has to put up with this ish?
And...it sort of grossly reminds me of Adrien Brody stealing a kiss from Halle Berry when he won his Oscar. I haven't been able to watch any of his films since.
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Date: 2007-04-27 04:47 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).
There's some debate on how much of a tabboo this really is. Because it seems like its extreme conservatives that are really angry about this. And maybe, it's similar to what happened with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake -- he got notoriety and some sort of 'pass'. Jackson caught the censure. And that was complicated by sex and race assery of the US sort. With Gere and Shetty, it seems that Shetty was mauled (and that she wasn't welcoming of that). I also think, that Gere isn't going to defend Shetty so much as deride her country. And while she's catching it from some very vocal countrymen of hers, it's not for Gere to say (the smug git).
Having had a kiss stolen a time or two, and by old men I liked (but not so much after the theft) I can tell you that it's a lose-lose thing because many idiots are like, "What was she doing dressed like that?" Or, "No self-respecting girl would ever enter into that sort of event."
And yeah, Shetty is fucked. But it's like she's caught between Gere's entitlement and the standards/demands of the more outspoken conservatives of her home.
But Shetty is good with grace. I wonder how far that'll take her. I feel bad for her. Just because she wants to be a global celebrity, she has to put up with this ish?
And...it sort of grossly reminds me of Adrien Brody stealing a kiss from Halle Berry when he won his Oscar. I haven't been able to watch any of his films since.