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Set in Sri Lanka during the 1970s and 1980s, Funny Boy explores the sexual awakening of its young protagonist Arjun Arjie Chelvaratnam as political tensions escalate in the country between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese. Even though the film is Canadaâs 2021 Academy Awards entry for Best International Feature Film, the controversy around casting has dogged Funny Boy .
The main cast playing Tamil characters are mostly Sinhalese (Sri Lankaâs majority population) and North Indian which has evoked protests from the Tamil diaspora who have complained of cultural erasure . In the earlier screenings of the film, it was pointed out by critics that several cast members do not speak Tamil properly and haven t got the accented Colombo English quite right.
their life, 16, 15, 17, they can t imagine the rest of their lives which is why we say, think about today. you try anything you can. one thing i do is a lot of them are vegetarians and care about the environment and they re politically correct. i say, you know, that cocaine you snorted, where did that come from? what kind of a death trail did that have getting to the united states? because you re responsible for that, too. you know, that s worse than burning a forest down because somebody probably died getting that stuff here. so you are responsible. that doesn t always work, but, you know, getting them to a point where they understand that kids get depressed now. i think since 9/11, especially, the whole world has been a little bit of a funk. and getting them to believe it s not going to last forever and you don t have to take your own life. and the truth is, and i m going to say this, it may not be appropriate, but in every city in this country there are 12-step meetings. you don t h