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Darjeeling

posted 16 years ago by blooodmobiles
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how could Neil not know this one? and he didn't even know the roots of it, like he never heard the word before. it should've been a blessing that he was even given the word. it would be like giving a french kid the word croissant. could it really be a result of his family believing "too much" in the american dream and ignoring their roots? i know this sounds faintly racist... but it just made me think about how forced american culture has the ability to erase your own culture...i dunno.

[–] eamonn_keane 15 years ago

yeah, that was very odd. It would be like me (Irish) missing a word Nupur got, "balbriggan" (a fabric named after a place in Dublin).

[–] phazedasterick 14 years ago

I know, I know. When that happened I was so disappointed that I turned the movie off and never finished it. *beep* America! Long live Wes Anderson!

[–] varuns-1 12 years ago

Darjeeling is not a big city, and Neil has probably never even been to that part of India, the East-North East. Also, the family living in the US, may not be tea drinkers! Even if Neil had the odd sip of tea, he may not read any labels on the tea container about the origin of it. It is true, that while many second generation immigrants to the US have a broad familiarity with their roots and country of origin, they are sketchy on details of geography. For example, I still run into many people from North India, who really cannot name the 4 southern states, lumping it all as "South". And the unfamiliarity tends to increase with the passage of time away from the country of origin.

[–] Absyrd 10 years ago

hey retard. This movie came out long before The Darjeeling Limited.

[–] dhivyamyls 10 years ago

Darjeeling is famous holiday destination in India which is also studied as prominent tea producer in the world. I was 10 in 1999 and I knew the place. But then I was in India that time. It was shocking that he didn't know but it is understandable that kid who is born and brought up in other country will not know all places in India.