Why does #funnyboy have new anti-Tamil scenes and dialogue that doesn’t even appear in the original book?
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm @IamDeepaMehta @FunnyBoyTheFilm @ARRAYNow @ava @cbcgem
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm @IamDeepaMehta @FunnyBoyTheFilm @ARRAYNow @ava @cbcgem
Why does #funnyboy have a made up massacre of Sinhalese in Colombo by Tamils in 1983?
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
Why is Canada’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka acting in this scene of the made up massacre? @McKinnonDavid @CanHCSriLanka
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
Why is Canada’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka acting in this scene of the made up massacre? @McKinnonDavid @CanHCSriLanka
Why does #funnyboy’s depiction of a racist Sinhala mob attacking a train of Tamils show them running away when the police arrived?
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
The Sri Lankan police helped mobs kill Tamils.
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm @FunnyBoyTheFilm @ava
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
The Sri Lankan police helped mobs kill Tamils.
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm @FunnyBoyTheFilm @ava
Why does #funnyboy show a Sri Lankan policewoman escorting a Tamil woman who had been injured in a massacre by Sinhala mobs back to her home?
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
The Sri Lankan police helped mobs kill Tamils.
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm
It never happened. In the book or in reality.
The Sri Lankan police helped mobs kill Tamils.
#FunnyBoyTheFilm #FunnyBoyFilm
This film is terrible. For many, many reasons.
It is insulting on so many levels, to so many people. To survivors of the pogroms and to Queer Eelam Tamils who have courageously pushed back against this production.
Follow @varathas @suntharv @TamilQueer for more.
It is insulting on so many levels, to so many people. To survivors of the pogroms and to Queer Eelam Tamils who have courageously pushed back against this production.
Follow @varathas @suntharv @TamilQueer for more.
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