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I assume "Outsourced" is based on the film of the same name which was full of "they wipe their bums with their hands" humour, and oh, look: one very pretty westernized-looking woman who will save our hero's soul. Ugh!

... and husbands/boyfriends around the globe will be forced by their women-folk to watch it for the four weeks it’s on the air before NBC ceremoniously dumps it for another installment of “Our Latest Crap Pseudo Reality/Game Show".

Two TV's, man. It's how I've avoided Grey's Anatomy and American Idol for the past four years.

Does anyone remember that "hotjobs.com" SuperBowl commercial from around 02? Where they showed the dude who wanted to get another job and they pan out to his office showing the "professional" monkey's that are his co-workers. When I read about something like "Outsourced" I immediately think of that commercial. That studio HAS to have been taken over by monkeys or (more realistically) Gremlins.

So, they are basically remaking "Love American Style"? Wow, someone scraped right through the bottom of the barrel.

@PaddyDog,

I haven't seen the movie "Outsourced," but I can assure you that in South Asia, people do not "wipe their bums with their hands." They wash it, and it's always the left hand, never the right. If you come to think of it, washing (hands or not) is more likely to give you a better, fresher feeling than wiping it with paper.

"Different than"...seriously?

Starring Becki Newton (a former crush of mine from “Ugly Betty”) and Jordana Sprio (from something called “My Boys”)

It's actually Jordano Spiro and My Boys also stars Jim Gaffigan and is a surprisingly charming and funny little show that apparently no one besides me watches. I recommend checking it out, it is definitely better than a lot of shows out there and miles better than the crap posted above.

I thought the movie Outsourced was kinda cute and something different (although I doubt the show will be any good). This is why I finally started only reading Pajiba AFTER I watch movies. I tend to be too swayed by it and probably would miss out on some things I actually like because I was told I shouldn't like them and it creates a bias in my head. It's scary how influential certain groups can be. Sometimes I think this site is getting too bitchy just for bitchy's sake and I have to step back and remember that I have my own opinion and it's ok to trust it...!

"I hope they wouldn't put something laugh-tracky and racist on TV."

Um, what? Have you ever actually watched American TV?

/sarcasm font

Even Stevens, I used to watch My Boys! But only the first season. I actually really liked it because I liked how meandering their conversations were, and it kinda reminded me of me and my friends (both boys and girls). My roommate (also a friend) disagreed and made fun of my for watching it...

Look, I'm Indian, yes with my culture being fully half-and-half, and having watched every episode in full I say "Outsourced" is an above-average sitcom like The Office. It generates those same uncomfortable moments, but instead of clashes variants of American culture (like The Office or 30 rock or Community) it mixes a lot of variants of Indian culture in with American culture. The reason it successfully traverses those uncomfortable moments to humour is that all the characters are honest, dignified, lovable, and smart.

Personally, I find it truthful about Indian culture, but only to a point. Remember that TV shows are reductive, and the reductive process makes ideas extreme - for example "White Americans love to hunt" is a reductive notion that is often portrayed but untrue since it is not something a majority of white americans do. So while a view may be present as "Indian", realize it may not be the predominant Indian view - it may even be an outdated view. So yes, some of it is extreme - like Indian guys dancing at a club in groups - which I found hilariously untrue (hilarious because Americans might think this is actually true) for me and my Indian culture (I'm South Indian) - but it may be true in other Indian communities. I wouldnt know and that's the point: India is incredibly varied and the reductive power of the TV show distorts the true nature of India's variety even more. Which is okay as long as you attempt to explain it honestly (even if you get it wrong) and with a little humour. Thus there was nothing really offensive I found about "Outsourced".

In fact the only possible offensive thing I found about the show was that the American callers often have a Southern Accent (think Texas) that sort of depicted the notion that only certain kinds of Americans buy these absurd novelty items. But it's up to those folk to either find it a funny but reductive extreme or a direct offense directed at the Southern American culture.