I find you too sarcastic for reasonable debates. Your accusation of Sen carries the same vitriol which you're accusing him of !!!! Most of us agree he doesn't have sweeping authority on Western cinema, but did he ever claim so ? It's too petty a counter-argument.... similar to boorishly asking who gave the National Awards Committee sweeping powers to decide who's best !!! And when you are busy not-so-politely advising people to get to the sub-text of what he's saying, aren't you too caught up in taking offense everytime he's denigrating Indian cinema. And truth be told, we did see quite a few of our own creations praised/recommended by Sen. So much for your advice of "Hope you read stuff better before replying". There are so many among us who share Sen's aversion to Hindi cinema. And yes, we do read stuff before replying. Especially MORE than what you have apparently done, to be able to say that Sen has NOT denigrated all & everything.
And NO, he has not claimed SOLE superior insights into cinema.
If you read it that way.... that he has indeed claimed so.... well, amusing. (In the interests of being polite)
