{"id":21545,"date":"2019-08-14T15:14:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T21:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T21:14:34","slug":"sandra-olmsteds-cinematic-skinny-springsteen-inspires-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=21545","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Olmsted\u2019s Cinematic Skinny: Springsteen Inspires in . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Blinded by the Light: <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> Charming Musical Mishmash<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #8657b5;\">By Sandra Olmsted<\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21554\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Aaron-Phagura-as-Roops-Nell-Williams-as-Eliza-and-Viveik-Kalra-as-Javed-in-Blinded-by-the-Light.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21554\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Aaron-Phagura-as-Roops-Nell-Williams-as-Eliza-and-Viveik-Kalra-as-Javed-in-Blinded-by-the-Light.jpg?resize=489%2C275\" alt=\"Aaron Phagura as Roops, Nell Williams as Eliza, and Viveik Kalra as Javed are off on a Bollywood-esque romp in \u2018Blinded by the Light.\u2019\" width=\"489\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Phagura as Roops, Nell Williams as Eliza, and Viveik Kalra as Javed are off on a Bollywood-esque romp in \u2018Blinded by the Light.\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <em>Blinded by the Light<\/em>, director Gurinder Chadha may be leaning a little too hard on recreating the formula that worked so well for her in <em>Bend it Like Beckham<\/em>, but choosing that as the only movie in her filmography is more than a little myopic. Chadha\u2019s films deal with the intersection of her own Indian immigrant heritage, being British, and her fascination with American culture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21548\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Javed-his-sisters-and-mother-must-push-start-their-failing-car-while-his-father-steers.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21548 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Javed-his-sisters-and-mother-must-push-start-their-failing-car-while-his-father-steers.jpeg?resize=452%2C205\" alt=\"Javed (Viveik Kalra), his sisters, and his mother push start their failing car while his father (Kulvinder Ghir) steers.\" width=\"452\" height=\"205\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 452px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 452\/205;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javed (Viveik Kalra), his sisters, and his mother push start their failing car while his father (Kulvinder Ghir) steers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <em>Blinded by the Light<\/em>, Javed (Viveik Kalra), the offspring of immigrants, struggles with his identity as a good Pakistani son and a British teen, just as he needs to break away from his parents to establish his own path. Then Roops (Aaron Phagura), the fellow Pakistani Brit turns Javed on to Bruce \u201cThe Boss\u201d Springsteen. Springsteen\u2019s ballad-esque, rock-n-roll words of wisdom about the life of a working-class kid with big dreams speak to Javed, offering him solace and encouragement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21551\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Roops-explains-the-Power-of-Springsteens-music.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21551 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Roops-explains-the-Power-of-Springsteens-music.jpeg?resize=445%2C242\" alt=\"Roops (Aaron Phagura) explains the Power of Springsteen's music.\" width=\"445\" height=\"242\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 445px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 445\/242;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roops (Aaron Phagura) explains the Power of Springsteen&#8217;s music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even though it\u2019s 1987, Javed\u2019s father, Malik (Kulvinder Ghir), demands the entire family works hard and turns over their earnings to him, leaving sixteen-year-old Javed without hope of spreading his wings. Javed\u2019s best friend, Matt (Dean-Charles Chapman), a boy-band rocker, keeps Javed involved in the teenage world by asking him to write lyrics. Javed, however, isn\u2019t even allowed to attend Matt\u2019s birthday parties, which are nearly next door.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21547\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Springsteens-word-swirl-through-Javeds-head.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21547 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Springsteens-word-swirl-through-Javeds-head.jpeg?resize=438%2C298\" alt=\"Springsteen's word swirl through Javed's (Viveik Kalra) head.\" width=\"438\" height=\"298\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 438px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 438\/298;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Springsteen&#8217;s word swirl through Javed&#8217;s (Viveik Kalra) head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Malik loses his job of 16 years, the life he has carefully crafted for his family in the working-class suburb of Luton falls apart in the downsizing and austerity of Thatcher&#8217;s Britain. With money issues weighing heavily on Malik because of a daughter\u2019s impending wedding and mounting bills, he becomes more obsessive and controlling as Javed begins to spread his wings. As Javed starts his first year of the local sixth form college, he is opened to possibilities by a teacher (Hayley Atwell) who&#8217;s about to discover his writing talent, a beautiful classmate, Eliza (Nell Williams), and Roops\u2019 love of Springsteen\u2019s music. A writing contest and an unpaid internship will further rankle Javed\u2019s relationship with his father.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21546\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blinded-by-the-light.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21546 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blinded-by-the-light.jpeg?resize=428%2C281\" alt=\"Javed (Viveik Kalra) is inspired by Springsteen\u2019s words.\" width=\"428\" height=\"281\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 428px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 428\/281;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javed (Viveik Kalra) is inspired by Springsteen\u2019s words.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With his dad on his back about making money, Javed gets a job working with Matt and his dad (Rob Brydon). When Eliza appears in the open-air shop, Matt\u2019s dad joins Javed in a Bollywood-esque song and dance sequence that is another of Chadha\u2019s culture-crossing touches. To solve to problem of showing Javed listening to Springsteen\u2019s music on his Walkman, Chadha finds innovative ways for The Boss\u2019 lyrics to play over, around, and through Javed and to emphasize the music\u2019s importance to Javed through Kalra\u2019s acting prowess.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21552\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Javed-feels-Springsteens-words-very-deeply.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21552 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Javed-feels-Springsteens-words-very-deeply.jpeg?resize=433%2C244\" alt=\"Javed (Viveik Kalra) feels Springsteen\u2019s words very deeply. Director Chadha use images to emphasize Kalra's powerful acting. \" width=\"433\" height=\"244\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 433px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 433\/244;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javed (Viveik Kalra) feels Springsteen\u2019s words very deeply. Director Chadha use images to emphasize Kalra&#8217;s powerful acting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the family\u2019s financial situation spirals downward, the society around them becomes more resentful of immigrants, even ones suffering the same economic troubles, and Javed and his family and friends face the bigotry and prejudice with the rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment. As with <em>What\u2019s Cooking?<\/em>, my favorite Thanksgiving movie, Chadha needs a meaty subtext to drive her storylines, and the themes of immigration and tolerance are as powerful here as in <em>What\u2019s Cooking?<\/em>. She is also a master of wrapping those heavy themes in humor and romance and always a bit of drama, such as Javed and Matt\u2019s falling out, the solemn elderly neighbor, and the marches by anti-immigrant groups that could spoil a wedding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21549\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Matts-dad-cant-believe-his-boy-band-wannabe-son-does-know-who-The-Boss-is.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21549 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Matts-dad-cant-believe-his-boy-band-wannabe-son-does-know-who-The-Boss-is.jpeg?resize=486%2C258\" alt=\"Matt's dad (Rob Brydon) can't believe his boy-band wannabe son (Dean-Charles Chapman) does know who &quot;The Boss&quot; is.\" width=\"486\" height=\"258\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 486px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 486\/258;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt&#8217;s dad (Rob Brydon) can&#8217;t believe his boy-band wannabe son (Dean-Charles Chapman) does know who &#8220;The Boss&#8221; is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Blinded by the Light<\/em> captures the youthful exuberance of Javed, Eliza, and Roops in nods to Bollywood film\u2019s traditions of characters breaking into song and dance numbers and in the pranks and adventures of the trio as they mature. Although the one glaring fault is rectified in the end, the lack of development of Malik\u2019s own identity crisis and comparisons to Javed\u2019s struggle to grow needed a bit more fleshing out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21550\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Best-friend-Matt-and-his-dad-react-to-Javeds-obsession-with-Springsteen.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21550 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Best-friend-Matt-and-his-dad-react-to-Javeds-obsession-with-Springsteen.jpeg?resize=436%2C270\" alt=\"Best friend Matt (Dean-Charles Chapman) and his dad (Rob Brydon) react to Javed's (Viveik Kalra) obsession with Springsteen.\" width=\"436\" height=\"270\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 436\/270;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best friend Matt (Dean-Charles Chapman) and his dad (Rob Brydon) react to Javed&#8217;s (Viveik Kalra) obsession with Springsteen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Blinded by the Light<\/em>, a Warner Bros.\/New Line Cinema release, runs a music-packed, \u201cAllegro\u201d of 117 minutes and is rated PG-13 for thematic material and language, including some ethnic slurs. In addition to Springsteen\u2019s classics, the film also has strains of late 1980\u2019s boy-band music. 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