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sudhirj ◴[] No.32641992[source]
We have this kind of censorship in India as well, even the in weirdly innocous places. In James Bond movies, and I think Gone Girl as well, scenes were by zooming into character's faces or just straight cuts.

This is probably the only reason I maintain a US iTunes accounts (used to have to buy gift cards from sketchy sites online to keep this going, but I recently discovered that my Indian Amex card works fine with a US address).

Also trivia for those who are wondering how cuts are made, at least for cinema content: all video and audio assets are usually sent to theatres in full, but there's an XML file called the CPL (composition playlist) that specifies which file is played from which to which frame / timestamp in what sequence. Pure cuts or audio censorship can be handled by just adding an entry to skip the relevant frames or timestamp, or by specifying a censor beep as the audio track for a particular time range.

https://cinepedia.com/packaging/composition/

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ginger2016 ◴[] No.32643886[source]
Given the racist protrayal of Indian American Raj Kuthrapalli, I am of the opinion Indians are magnanimous in allowing this show to be aired there.
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clouddrover ◴[] No.32643998[source]
What in particular is racist about it?
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ginger2016 ◴[] No.32644064[source]
If you have watched the show and failed see why it is racist, then we need to give some anti-racist education.

It is affirming the stereotype Indian males lack confidence with women. Raj can’t speak with women without the use of alcohol, the show constantly mocks his accent, worshipping of cows etc.

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1. jacekm ◴[] No.32644622[source]
Is it also affirming a stereotype that Indians are incredibly rich? Because that's how Raj is portrayed and the show mocks his wealth on more than one occasion.
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2. Jcowell ◴[] No.32644695[source]
Similar to a comment above , is it affirming that all Indians in the show are rich or that the character is of Indian background and is rich.

Having watch the show, the show never mocks his wealth but his dependence on his parents wealth (and even has an arc where he strives to be independent for it).