Monday, June 28, 2004

Spiderman with a sarong...

Gotham Entertainment Group, India bringing in desi incarnations of western comic heroes. Quote: "...Readers of this series will not see the familiar Peter Parker of Queens under the classic Spider-Man mask, but rather a new hero – a young, Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar. As Spider-Man, Pavitr leaps around rickshaws and scooters in Indian streets, while swinging from monuments such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal.
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Will it work? I personally do not think so. I think the Indian markets are so westernised, at least for consumers of these comic characters, that playing around with the integrity of these characters may actually be counterproductive in that these consumers will really want the "real" thing- not some weak desi-fication of the original. Imagine Superman with a turban.....

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