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Dev Patel Gets Political at Rowdy ‘Monkey Man’ SXSW Premiere: ‘The Action Genre Has Been Abused by the System’
Dev Patel riled up SXSW on Monday night with 'Monkey Man,' his bloody, bitey and surprisingly political new action film.
During the SXSW premiere of the actor’s directorial debut, Austin’s Paramount Theater was filled with cries of “We love you, Dev!” and “India!” that can only be described as guttural. The film follows Kid (Patel), who scrapes by with the cash he makes getting beaten in an underground fight club before unresolved trauma from his childhood drives him to infiltrate the social scene of his city’s wealthiest and most corrupt. As it becomes clearer that the people who murdered his mother continue to inflict casteist and Islamophobic violence on millions of others, he unites with others on the outskirts of society to get revenge on their common enemies.
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