There's some debate on how much of a tabboo this really is.
True. But if there's enough vocal people to make it an issue, it's something to be aware of at all times, especially if you're a foreigner in that country and hanging around with a celebrity who lives there. In other words--it's enough of an issue that it blew up like this. That in and of itself means Gere should have been a lot more aware and a lot less grabby.
As for the kiss, although even Shetty seems to be saying 'it's okay, it was just a kiss and he doesn't udnerstand what he did' in some articles, it did look like he pretty much forced it, and kept forcing, I didn;t read that as a stolen kiss, I read it as a 'let's see how far I can get with her'. And I didn't read her expression as 'this is fun', but rather 'oh shit, when is he going to stop and how gracious can I be with this before I break?'
As for the guy attitude, that's bullshit. I mean, that they think like that and that it somehow makes it 'okay'. It doesn't.
And unfortunately, being global means being on eggshells, especially without the american entitlement pass to back you up.
...I didn't see that. Then again, I rarely watch that kind of TV.
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Date: 2007-04-27 05:01 pm (UTC)True. But if there's enough vocal people to make it an issue, it's something to be aware of at all times, especially if you're a foreigner in that country and hanging around with a celebrity who lives there. In other words--it's enough of an issue that it blew up like this. That in and of itself means Gere should have been a lot more aware and a lot less grabby.
As for the kiss, although even Shetty seems to be saying 'it's okay, it was just a kiss and he doesn't udnerstand what he did' in some articles, it did look like he pretty much forced it, and kept forcing, I didn;t read that as a stolen kiss, I read it as a 'let's see how far I can get with her'. And I didn't read her expression as 'this is fun', but rather 'oh shit, when is he going to stop and how gracious can I be with this before I break?'
As for the guy attitude, that's bullshit. I mean, that they think like that and that it somehow makes it 'okay'. It doesn't.
And unfortunately, being global means being on eggshells, especially without the american entitlement pass to back you up.
...I didn't see that. Then again, I rarely watch that kind of TV.