BTW Brad is in Mumbai, the pictures should be on most websites now.

Alexanderina: November 17th, 2006 at 9:17 am

Thanks Alexanderina for posting this. Im sorry but i never did think they said what they got accused of. The way the dude on the video said it is what convinced me. It was to much chaos for one thing and felt like so many agitators were there totally about riling the people up more and so I think no one heard it, but told that they did and it was on.

Thanks Jared & Audrey Says:

November 17th, 2006 at 9:18 am
dragonfly Says: November 17th, 2006 at 9:02 am

“As for Ritzy’s comment that Brad obviously has nothing to say about Maddox’s hair, well, ol’ gal….eat your words, because Brad even cur his own mohawk for a few days in Namibia, and I can bet it was some kind of bonding thing with Maddox, for them to “look alike” or something along that line”

Great post. I forgot about above and Brad really wnt further than his sons cut because Maddox just had a fauxhawk but Brad had it all shaved but for the middle. I am so happy to rememberd this.
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Yep! He sure did. I think Brad’s wild side is something that many of his pre-Angelina admirers don’t want to face. I mean, geez, what about those Fight Club pics of him in the dresses? LOL! Those are a riot! ……bet the man’s a freak in the bedroom, too, but *ahem* I best not go there right now, hee hee!

Anyway, what about Brad going to the Indian Authorities himself? Woot! He could have sent a spokesman, but no, he did it himself. What a man, what a man, what a man, what mighty goooooood man, say it again, ya’ll…..

make that “apologizing not apologiving”

Do you any you not find this entire school scuffle a bit ODD? This segment of the film is being shot in a muslim school about an amerian who was killed by mulsim militants. The material and content of the film is contentious enough to get the parents feathers all ruffled to say the least. In the current political climate muslims are very sensitive to any cultural, religious,ethnic slur/slight that they perceive even if the intentions are good ones (as is with the film of Marianne Pearl). I have to wonder whether the parents anger/aggression displayed so authenticaly for all the media and cameras and indian press on display is actually because of the so called slurs by the bodyguards or whether if in fact they were simply affronted/outraged that this film was taken place in a muslim school? We also have to ask ourselves, if this had been an ordinary indian school would the reaction have been so heated? Would the bodyguards actually have been in that situation? I am by all means not condoning the actions nor comments of the bodyguards, but after seeing the footage of the riot scene on access hollywood am “questioning” the motives of the parents. In this day an age when a scene made is not just a scene made, but a politcal statement, one cannot always take the truth as being what is said.

juligen Says: November 17th, 2006 at 9:26 am

This is soooooooooo bad, ugh, I awayls thought that Angelina should had take a year off, she is too exposed.

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You keep saying this Shes not overexposed, shes doing her job and the nature of her gig brings about her being in the spotlight. She should not have to split and hide the scene because the paps dont know boundaries.

This certainly doesnt look good on all parties involved. These are the things I am learning:

1.) there is no order and control while a film is been shot in India. Brad and Angelina have shot all over the world and they never had an incident like this. So, why is India different. Of course, there are crowds but there are everywhere. How come in this case they are *different*

2.) there seem to be a lack of communication between the directors or owners of the venues in which they shoot the movie and the occupants/visitors. i.e in this case, I wonder if the parents werent properly advised of what was going on and how long it was going to take. If they were then all this panic and anger could have been avoided.

3.) why is India a paparazzi utopia. Why does India let all these foreign paps into the country to *do as they please*. Isnt that been walked all over and having thy image ruined too.

4.) law and order - why does it seems like the production body guards have to DO most of the WORK here. Whither the local police strength. Mickey & Co and the production companty security shouldnt be working so so hard. It should be the other way around…with the local police doing most of the job. No wonder the body guards lost it once the gates opened. Was there some miscommunication between the parents at the gates - about when to get in and how long etc

5.) does anyone in India understand that Brad and Angelina came to *work* so to speak. And that there is no need to have high expectations for gossipy stuff.

These are some of the things that I pick up from this event or shooting. It is like the most disorganized film shot. And no, I am not picking on India, just want to know why this particular film production is having so much problems there.

Katie Says:

November 17th, 2006 at 9:32 am
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very good post. Interesting thoughts, I think you may be right.

Katie Says:

November 17th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Do you any you not find this entire school scuffle a bit ODD? This segment of the film is being shot in a muslim school about an amerian who was killed by mulsim militants. The material and content of the film is contentious enough to get the parents feathers all ruffled to say the least. In the current political climate muslims are very sensitive to any cultural, religious,ethnic slur/slight that they perceive even if the intentions are good ones (as is with the film of Marianne Pearl). I have to wonder whether the parents anger/aggression displayed so authenticaly for all the media and cameras and indian press on display is actually because of the so called slurs by the bodyguards or whether if in fact they were simply affronted/outraged that this film was taken place in a muslim school? We also have to ask ourselves, if this had been an ordinary indian school would the reaction have been so heated? Would the bodyguards actually have been in that situation? I am by all means not condoning the actions nor comments of the bodyguards, but after seeing the footage of the riot scene on access hollywood am “questioning” the motives of the parents. In this day an age when a scene made is not just a scene made, but a politcal statement, one cannot always take the truth as being what is said.

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This is an excellent point, katie, and I agree that it was bad judgement to use this location for a number of reasons:

The subject matter of the movie, as it portrays Muslim terrorists, and doesn’t do anything to help ideas in the west that all Muslims are NOT terrorists.

And that they filmed while children were there. They should have done it after hours. They didn’t need the children to be there to give authenticity, since the location wasn’t even being depicted as a school, but a police station.

If anyone should be “blamed” for these mistakes, it’s Brad, as producer, not Angie, as actor in the project. So, it IS fitting that Brad is answering to this, it’ his company. However ITA with ya’ll who say he shouldn’t apologize for “racial slurs” or “pushing and shoving women and children” if none of that happened. Perhaps a compromise would be to apologize for not coordinating the location better. Either way, Angie is not to blame, and it is nice to see him take the heat off of her.

# Katie Says:
November 17th, 2006 at 9:32 am

Do you any you not find this entire school scuffle a bit ODD? This segment of the film is being shot in a muslim school about an amerian who was killed by mulsim militants. The material and content of the film is contentious enough to get the parents feathers all ruffled to say the least. In the current political climate muslims are very sensitive to any cultural, religious,ethnic slur/slight that they perceive even if the intentions are good ones (as is with the film of Marianne Pearl). I have to wonder whether the parents anger/aggression displayed so authenticaly for all the media and cameras and indian press on display is actually because of the so called slurs by the bodyguards or whether if in fact they were simply affronted/outraged that this film was taken place in a muslim school? We also have to ask ourselves, if this had been an ordinary indian school would the reaction have been so heated? Would the bodyguards actually have been in that situation? I am by all means not condoning the actions nor comments of the bodyguards, but after seeing the footage of the riot scene on access hollywood am “questioning” the motives of the parents. In this day an age when a scene made is not just a scene made, but a politcal statement, one cannot always take the truth as being what is said.
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I wanted to say this once I read more about the school. So, yeah ITA.

I think there is a large number in India that is not too happy with a movie like this been shot there. Just my opinion.

Like I said, at the end of the day, ALL parties involved look bad:

- local police and security company - too lax and passive to not bee able to take control
- India - certainly doesnt look capable of handling a high powered foreign film
- media in India - too much into sensationalism and less into retraction.
- Brad, Angelina & production team - for having high expectations from the get go
- body guards - for evn trying to control the situation when the local law & order really cant
- paps - for overstepping their boundaries

Have I left anyone out…

dragonfly: November 17th, 2006 at 9:27 am

Thanks Jared & Audrey Says: November 17th, 2006 at 9:18 am

“I am so happy to rememberd this.”

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I mean to say “I am so happy YOU (dragonfly) rememberd this.”

Morning to my fellow BAMZS fans, sorry I had to post and run,getting ready for work. This is JMO, I don’t need that Angie, Brad or their people need to apologize because to me looking at the video I did not see the bodyguards doing anything wrong, because even Brad and Khan, the Indian actor, said that the bodyguards did not use racial slurs or religious slurs again anybody, so why should they apologize. I just want them to finish up shooting and get the hell out of India, that place is to crazy