Mumtaj's ON THE AIR

So I was flipping through today's newspaper and I came across this title called "New Women" by Mumtaj Begum.

So there she went on criticising a new on slot show that's called "Big Shots". She goes on to tell that the guys in this show are portraying that man has lost their places. She keeps on going by saying that the guys here are straight so they do not see the kind of audience that the show intends to cater too.

Its so interesting to note, that this movie critic is stating something that is rather quite awkwardly wrong. I mean how many of us have watched so many chick-flicks that we are bored of it? If its not Gossip Girl, 90210, Gilmore Girls its what then? 40 year old menopaused women who are to busy thinking about their shoes and their sod love/marriage life like Sex and the City or Lipstick Jungle. I am a male junkie and I do love the whole chick-flick scene, but sometimes I do wish to watch something that I can relate to as a male. That I am comfortable watching without thinking, damn that girls not wearing her bra or that he shouldn't have kissed her so soon. I do want to watch shows that portray men has feelings too, as cheesy as it may sound, the fact is, men too have feelings and issues that we need to talk too. And car, girls and sports is not all we do discuss.

"Womenfolk would most probably be turned off by these characters' constant yapping about their feelings and who(and what) drives them crazy". Doesn't this line sounds so familiar? Aren't all women like that? The constant yapping that leads to the breakdown of a marriage. The constant yapping that gets most men raged and furious. Seeing it, that it has yet to register in to the grey matters of Mumtaj, she doesn't know that women are the constant irritator. Having said that, at least this tells that women gets put off if a man talks all day long, don't you think men too(and mostly yes) gets put off when women talk all day long. Although that has been practices for so so long, a change is a needed. And since "A change has come-Obama", its good if something different is shown to public. So maybe women should learn how to keep their mouths and to keep it at where it belongs and cease to open it. Because, if according to Mumtaj hopes and dreams, silent and strong men and yapping women makes a perfect couple. No wonder we see alot of divorce and murder cases happening in families, we now know where the idea derives from.

She goes on to say that "for goodness sake, they don't even chat about sports; not once." First of all, has she watched ALL the episodes? Second, does not talking about sports makes you a lesser man then others? "Apparently modern men scrutinise their indiscretions, and their marriage in minute detail. Oh, where have all the cowboys gone?" Frankly, to me, this lady has to be sent back to medieval times. Here in the 21st century when women are fighting so hard for their rights and their respect in a family, where people around the world are trying to get man to be more involved in their family welfare then just leaving it to the wife to do it all, where every one's hoping for man to be more sensitive to women's feelings and are more approachable. Here, this women goes on talking about cowboys and how its wrong to talk about marriage. I am guessing this women has either a bad marriage or is not married at all. If this movie is trying to show the true sense of modern man and in one way or rather trying to educate the younger men to be more willful to their partners, then I see no harm in a man being that way. Heck, I would applaud that man.

Mumtaj says the actors "are just transparently fake". So which actor or actress aren't? Looking at her moronic example, I am guessing for a "avid" movie(all the likes) watcher she doesn't watch Lipstick Jungle does she? Three menauposing women who are in the prime of their lives who talk nothing but fashion, love, sex, and spends no more then five minutes in their office(one has the office in her own house) thinking about fashion, love and sex and then back to the whole drama again. For someone who is expected to know what food she's chewing, Mumtaj's merely spitting out rubbish. I never liked this lady. Not because of who she is and what not, but because I never found her criticism to be anything but stupidly wrong. She gives credit when there's none to give, and spares the rod when theres aplenty to be said for. There's this other guy that Star Publications's hire, Alan or Alex or something. Now, he atleast knows his work. When he criticises, at least I know he is right and although some points may differ, but that's expected. This man shows his knowledge and debates out his point on logic. But this lady know two hoots about what shes talking and relates it mostly to her daily dosage of fantasies and wonderland(my apologies to Alice). I even go on to wonder why does Star even bother hiring her still. They would save alot on their money if they fire here. I don't judge this merely by my own thoughts. I do discuss with my friends, relatives and parents about the movie and I read out her views. NOT ONE have ever agreed with her. If to say she has helped to increase the movie go-ers for indie films would be lying to say so. Her criticism are barely healthy for good Hollywood films, what more if its locally. Look, I am not telling her to be bias or anything like that, but I just find that Mumtaj does not know(most of the time) what shes jabbering about and that's really sad as it makes a mockery of our movie criticiser(if there's such a thing). If Miss Mumtaj finds herself worthy as a good critique and that shes good in her movie knowledge, then maybe she should volunteer herself as a judge to the Cannes or something, that's if they want her.

I don't know much about this show to begin with, but at least if I know it was something men should watch and learn from I am more then willing to lend a help in promoting it. Coming from a women, Mumtaj has failed to acknowledge something that could have been great for her gender. If I were a woman, wouldn't I be happy if my man would worry about the marriage the way I do? Wont I be happy if he thinks about the cash shortage like I do? Wont I be happy knowing that my man is not cheating on me but actually worrying about the tinniest detail about our marriage? If Mumtaj wants her silent and strong man who drinks beer all day long, rubs his belly and farts in the house while waiting for her to come back home after a hard-days work to microwave her frozen ready-made meal and have a dirty sleazy sex, then well with all due respect she may go and find such a man and marry him. For me, if I were a woman, I rather have a Big Shot then a Cowboy at any given moment.

Well I guess, different people have different views. Although she does say that "the series acknowledges that men too have feelings, they get hurt and are not boorish pigs", but from her article I think she wants men to be like that. Its only then they are called MEN. Again, I would like to extend my humble point of view here. The Star Publications should either move her to another section of the newspaper or cease to work for your company. Anything as long as we movie watchers and go-ers do not have sit through and read mind numbing criticism's that are not worth our iota's to read upon.

One last thing she said is "As stereotypical as it may sound, here's hoping that the days of silent and strong men are not totally over. Because seeing heterosexual men turning into the "new women" is quite a painful experience". As much as I would like to trash her on this sentence, I think I have only one thing to say about this: She must have been drunk and sober about her sad life and her sad man when she wrote this. You are prayed for tonight, Mumtaj.