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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. kelnos ◴[] No.32645229[source]
> It is affirming the stereotype Indian males lack confidence with women.

I wasn't even aware that was a stereotype, after knowing (very closely, with some!) and interacting with hundreds of Indian males in my life.

Lacking confidence with women is a pretty standard "nerd"/"geek" stereotype, though, which, given the title and subject matter the show deals with, is what I would assume they were going for. Were you ever upset that Leonard was often awkward with women? Sure, he didn't have the "unable to talk to women without alcohol" bit, but Leonard wasn't exactly a ladies' man. So it's ok to portray a white man as being awkward around women, but if it's an Indian man, it's racist?

Re: accent mocking: accents are fun and the confusion that they can cause can be funny!

I do recall references to cow worship, which was a bit insipid and not that funny, but... c'mon, racist? Gimme a break.