Ow, @papertiger41:disqus !

There's an ashram about twenty minutes from where I live in Upstate NY, @loadasteriskcomma8comma1:disqus - try there for your "mysterious" and "exotic".

@disqus_4bej0MZkgj:disqus - I'm kind of surprised the exact opposite didn't happen given the circumstances, then!

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus - Huzzah!

@Mike_From_Chicago:disqus - I'd strongly recommend it. I think The Mummy, along with Ulmer's The Black Cat, are two of the most visually striking horror movies of the Thirties.

@disqus_GMJO6ngGXe:disqus - tell me something. Are you the Cultural Commissar for The Red Mainland Chinese Film Industry…?

Nonsense, @avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus ! I've had Mongolian barbecue at least a dozen times in the last few years!

@loadasteriskcomma8comma1:disqus - actually, there was a bit of controversy over The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel's largely titled British cast posing in front of India, and treating it as a means of finding their Britishness.

Well, if he's the Great White Father Phallus Who Shows the Poor Benighted Asians How to Save The Day, it's a squicky bit of cultural appropriation, @avclub-62812d8eb06386505986efff8b5e43ac:disqus .

That is exactly what @disqus_GMJO6ngGXe:disqus is saying, @woodsword:disqus .

Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong too, right, @moxfactor:disqus ?

Sure, @disqus_GMJO6ngGXe:disqus! If enough people listened to you that you could affect the financial success of a movie or television series, would you feel you had an obligation to keep quiet about it - or would you speak your mind, whether it had an effect or not?

And so you should be, @avclub-0b42e2fbb64a053aa3ec5c8b75926ae3:disqus !

For the same reason the Japanese Sakura Wars franchise turns Japanese 20th Century Militaristic Expansionism into Heroic Steampunk Defense Against Mythological Demons, @Penelope Rockatansky:disqus !

@Mike_From_Chicago:disqus - did you see The Mummy, directed by Karl Freund? It had a very fluid camera….

@cinecraft:disqus - doesn't Mystery of the Wax Museum still exist in two-strip Technicolor? I realize that's one of a number, but at least we can see for ourselves how the color of the time holds up today.

OTOH, @avclub-0d04659047f95a243e71c97e64ae4812:disqus - the audiences of the time might not have appreciated its virtues the way a modern audience would.

That's my Uncle on my Mom's side, @avclub-6b4a9e228208a5008088d8ad6e1b3dd7:disqus - though he's a Deputy Marshal (retired) rather than a Sheriff. Great guy just to hang out with, especially if you like beer and football (not a fan of the latter, and liked the former too much!) - but I get the feeling as a Marshal, he…

Ugh, @disqus_AtDSRZfBar:disqus - figures I'd misspell "Ciao". What makes it even worse is I Googled it to be sure I got the spelling right, and got it wrong anyway!

Wow, @timothymayhall:disqus - Looks like I stepped into a hornet's nest!