Season 4, Ep. 4: Miss India America

Saturday School Podcast

For this week's episode of Saturday School, we're looking at Ravi Kapoor's 2015 film "Miss India America," a pageant comedy that we're arguing is the closest thing Asian America has to a heist film. But instead of stealing money, she's stealing the crown. We also wish there were more Asian American heist films, because Asian Americans are really good at cheating, whether it be in gambling (for example, the real life story of "21") or in any sort of cheating in high school scenario (aka "The Perfect Score"). Also, we just want Tiya Sircar to be the next Reese Witherspoon, because "Miss India America" is basically the Indian American "Election."

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