January 04, 2005
Harold and Kumar: UncensoredFilm
Yep, that’s right. The DVD all you sex-crazed ignorant South Asian men have been waiting for has arrived, and it’s dirtier than ever…or is it? From The Houston Chronicle:
Now’s your chance to catch up on ketchup hounds Harold and Kumar. The only question is, do you get the film’s “Extreme Unrated DVD” or its original R-rated theatrical cut?
In truth, it hardly matters just as it didn’t for The Girl Next Door and Eurotrip. Like Harold and Kumar, each came to DVD in R-rated as well as unrated versions, with the latter suggesting more raw and revealing material. Yet in each case, it was tough to tell the difference.
The fact is, Mary Poppins would be “unrated” if Disney added several more seconds of kids flying kites and didn’t resubmit the altered film for a new ratings review. “Unrated” doesn’t mean the equivalent of an NC-17. It just means unrated.
In Harold and Kumar’s case, it means a bit of incidental footage was added to a film already riddled with sex and vulgarities. But unlike Harold and Kumar, we don’t need to gorge.
More enticing are the unrated edition’s unique bonus features. These include another commentary track, a music video and more outtakes.
Hmmm. Maybe its not so “extreme.” Kal Penn doesn’t seem so extreme either:
One wonders if Kal Penn aka Kumar chafed while working in Houston on the comedy Where’s the Party, Yaar? or the romantic drama Dancing in Twilight. Did he covet a White Castle burger fix?
“Actually, no,” Penn told the Chronicle while on the set here. “I’m a vegetarian, and I’ve never inhaled.”
I guess that means he hasn’t beaten up on a bag of weed in real life either. I knew he was a good boy. But PLEASE…I hope that the EXTREME version doesn’t include an extended viewing of the Kal Penn ass shot. If my boy had some volume up in there then it would be okay, but as it stands it just unfairly reinforces the stereotype that Indian men have flat butts. THAT is what we as a community should be complaining about.
abhi on January 4, 2005 03:14 PM in Film · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post
"Good boy": Ummm, didn't you read his interview where he talks about picking up two women at a time at parties for a 3some? Definitely not traditional indian good boy. Traditional would be marrying them, or taking them as concubines, and using the Kama Sutra as reference material ...