[Lillie_Steins]

politically correct movies means as of now pen singam.

few days back uliyin osai.

[tgs]

Originally Posted by Plum If you define politically incorrect as something that will raise a storm in its milieu,

no, that is not correct at all.
women have been demeaned in every single movie, without a whimper from the masses. True, NOV, which means that it is not politically incorrect to demean women in TN though a small minority like us may feel so

[Peptobismol]

Ok, let me make this clear. My definition of politically correct is as yours "inoffensive" - somewhat like THE HINDU which has strong opinions, nevertheless is inoffensive to all, most of the times.

But politically incorrect - that depends on tolerance levels for various streams of thought in that particular milieu. The whole reason to invent politically correct terms is to avoid offence to special interest groups. We all target the weak in our milieu and it goes unchallenged. So, you might violate the academic meaning of politically correct but still not politically incorrect because your milieu offers that protection.

[S.T.D.]

politically correct movies means as of now pen singam.

few days back uliyin osai.

mannin maindhan
kannamaa
wt else

[Drugmachine]

Originally Posted by Vivasaayi politically correct movies means as of now pen singam.

few days back uliyin osai.

How about thottil kuzhandhai? adhu eppo release aachu?yaaru periodla

[Ifroham4]

Originally Posted by Plum Originally Posted by Vivasaayi politically correct movies means as of now pen singam.

few days back uliyin osai.

How about thottil kuzhandhai? adhu eppo release aachu?yaaru periodla JJ's period when she introduced that scheme.

[Beerinkol]

JJ's period when she introduced that scheme.

oohh...appo politically VERY VERY correct

[Ifroham4]

True, NOV, which means that it is not politically incorrect to demean women in TN though a small minority like us may feel so

ippadi double negativeslaam pOtaa naama kuzhambiduvOmaa?

No!

There is no law that says that producers must make only politically correct movies. And its not that ppl will reject such kind of movies.

From Taming of Shrew and its various avathars such as Pattikaada Pattanamaa to Priyasakhi have enjoyed success. but that does NOT make them politically correct movies.

[TorryJens]

Ofcourse, it does not. I am not disagreeing at all, NOV.

My contention is being "politically correct" is different from "not being politically incorrect".

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Mozhi - oru kerchief'a eduththu kuduththa udana luvvvvvvvvvvvvvv's vandhidudhu kerchief kadhal is politicaly correct

[MannoFr]

politically correct moviena enna?

amaithipadai was nice
but VTvkum arasiyalukkum what sambandham

[softy54534]

Pudhupettai - one of the most politically correct movies...

[Slonopotam845]

politically correct moviena enna?

nothing to be ashamed of in not knowing something, instead of acting like a know-all.

Wiki says: Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, disability, and age-related contexts.

[doctorzlo]

Originally Posted by Vivasaayi Originally Posted by littlemaster1982 JJ's period when she introduced that scheme.

oohh...appo politically VERY VERY correct allov master,.. indha padam enakku therinju early 90'sla vandhadhu... indha scheme 2001-2006 periodla pottadhu... No, she brought this scheme in her first tenure as CM. Thirumba oru thadavai check pannunga

[softy54534]

Politically correct means you don't offend any parties.

No, that's not true. "Politically correct" is a teasing term coined by leftists to describe the more comical efforts of progressive people to act in line with leftist principles. It's ok to offend people if you offend them for the correct reasons. I assumed everyone was familiar with the term, but I gave a few examples of what I meant.

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

women have been demeaned in every single movie.

That kind of glib assertion shirks the burden of making distinctions. I don't think women were demeaned in Sariyana Jodi for example -- which is actually a quite entertaining and well-constructed movie as well. I had never heard of it before I saw in on a bt site, and my reason for making this thread was to learn about other movies I might have missed.

[Beerinkol]

If you define politically incorrect as something that will raise a storm in its milieu

No not at all -- politically incorrect ideas structure societies, so it usually doesn't raise any kind of "storm", political correctness is self-conciously about the "correctness" of political line. I started out by discussing two movies (Anal Katru, Avar oru Sariththiram) that are explicitly about discussions between reformers of different stripes (Gandhians, Naxalites) on what the correct political line should be.

[Lt_Apple]

MGR films operate within the cultural context of that time. Taming women, at the same time, mother worshipping. All within the acceptable norms of that time.

The subject of this thread isn't "acceptable norms", though, it's political *correctness*. Anyway, there were many movies of that era that were much better -- isn't it Penn that begins with Vyjanthimala whipping a man who is battering his wife? Yes, Penn is also half-baked in its way but far less nauseous than MGR movies.

It would be interesting to discuss the New Woman movies of that era, their cheerfulness is very appealing to me.

[MannoFr]

It would be interesting to discuss the New Woman movies of that era, their cheerfulness is very appealing to me.

Finally. It's like saying, let's discuss favourite crab dish and direct everyone to discuss only Black Pepper Crab

[tgs]

Originally Posted by NOV Politically correct means you don't offend any parties.

No, that's not true.
Maybe you meant that is not what you are seeking in this thread.

"Politically correct" is a teasing term coined by leftists to describe the more comical efforts of progressive people to act in line with leftist principles. It's ok to offend people if you offend them for the correct reasons. I assumed everyone was familiar with the term, but I gave a few examples of what I meant. I suppose this is something peculiar to India like "kerchief" and "my bad" - things that doesnt make sense outside the sub-continent. (probably outdated in rest of world.)

For the rest of the world, "politically correct" means exactly what I have said.