When I moved to Los Angeles, I wrote spec screenplays. I was really poor, and I thought I was just gonna do this for a while to make a little money so I could write novels. I thought movies were...
I thought I'd been condescended to as an Indian - that was nothing compared to the condescension for writing young adult literature.
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I have many times marveled at how I could feel so good about myself while eating peanuts in a middle seat on Southwest Airlines and yet feel so condescended to in first class on United.
What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.
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Another recalls feeling condescended to simply for flying coach, and a third notes how Australians are still treated that way by the English. See also Appreciated quotes.
