γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Talk about sexuality continually being cross-cut by axes of race, gender, CLASS and NATIONAL IDENTITY…..The whole of Undercover Princes had my head spinning but the finale placed the radical moments and images of the 3 previous episodes outside the realm of phantasy. Blocked from copious hash zoots and full of jammy dodgers, I remained riveted beneath helgs’ little baby Tom and Jerry sleeping bag-come-blanket. Mike’s sober, squinting eyes and bulging cockle-belly made me wonder about the nature of environments that engage with homosexuality vs. traditional cultures like Manvendra’s. It was as if the stuffy Gujarati air itself was visible, stifling the pathetic intensity of Mike and Mani’s Brighton “bond”….that and Mani’s internalized homophobes peeping through the trees and windowsills.