What do you think accounts for the popularity of “Slumdog Millionaire” in America?
“Slumdog Millionaire” takes old themes and repackages them for new audiences. But just as “City of Joy” [another film about Indian slum life] faded from popularity after its 1992 release, it would be overly ambitious to think the subject of “Slumdog Millionaire” will do much more than remain popular for a time before fading away until another Western director chooses another slum somewhere else in the world to promote his Oscar hopes.
