http://www.scoopdaily.com/2009/11/04/5-people-millennials-are-watching-and-why/ Fresh Lens on the 44th President Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:36:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scoopdaily.com/2009/11/04/5-people-millennials-are-watching-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 Tom Risen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:11 +0000 http://www.scoopdaily.com/?p=8738#comment-1660 About Kal Penn- You forgot to mention that the "Harold And Kumar" movies aren't so much about the weed- Kalpenn Modi is a man to watch since those movies are about the underdogs. Penn cut his teeth in "Van Wilder" as the goofy Indian kid stereotype"Taj Mahal," and John Cho got popular as the goofy Asian guy in "American Pie." Giving these guys their own movie struck a chord and became a sleeper hit since they were like the underrated minority versions of Rosencrantz and Gildenstern. The movies did a great satire on race relations in the midst of the pre-Obama War on Terror stereotypes. And of course they showcase the awesomeness of NPH (another minority underdog, though we didn't know it at the time.) About Kal Penn- You forgot to mention that the “Harold And Kumar” movies aren’t so much about the weed- Kalpenn Modi is a man to watch since those movies are about the underdogs.
Penn cut his teeth in “Van Wilder” as the goofy Indian kid stereotype”Taj Mahal,” and John Cho got popular as the goofy Asian guy in “American Pie.” Giving these guys their own movie struck a chord and became a sleeper hit since they were like the underrated minority versions of Rosencrantz and Gildenstern.
The movies did a great satire on race relations in the midst of the pre-Obama War on Terror stereotypes. And of course they showcase the awesomeness of NPH (another minority underdog, though we didn’t know it at the time.)

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