REVIEW OF THE MOVIE MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
REVIEW OF THE MOVIE MIND YOUR LANGUAGE A thousand apologies, so very often I used to catch, ranjeet mouthing the regret with folded hands while watching ‘Mind Your Language’ on late winter nights tucked in under the ranzai and having a cup of coffee. Those were the carefree and idle days when I was pursuing my B.Sc. degree and staying alone at home. Never mind the political incorrectness and ‘not-so-subtle’ jibes that happened routinely on the show – all possible kinds of stereotypes in terms of nationality,gender,political leanings, education were baked into the show. And yet we did enjoy it possibly by discounting the humor to be innocent and not taking life too seriously. The central character to the show was Mr. Brown, a young Brit lad still wet behind his ears and likely to be conned by his motley bunch of students. Yet he is often shown to be caring and being the ‘peace-maker’ who tries to sort out even the personal problems of his students. The school is led by M...