Dorothy (Tamil) | Official Trailer | Karthik Subbaraj | Ilaiyaraaja REACTION!!

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The video begins with a lighthearted recap of a special gathering hosted by the creator's acting family, Work Space, where they enjoyed charcuterie, wine, and fruit while reading Shakespeare's *Much Ado About Nothing*. The group humorously noted that one participant, Indrani, who had never read a Shakespeare play before, delivered an impressive performance despite the creator expecting to have to correct her pronunciation multiple times. They also discussed their plans for future monthly readings, including *The Tempest*, and jokingly referred to themselves as "nerds" or "dorks" while promoting their social media channels for more content. The conversation then shifted to the main subject: the official trailer for Karthik Subbaraj's upcoming Tamil film, *Dorothy*. The creators reacted to the trailer with amusement, making jokes about the inevitable association between the title character and Judy Garland from *The Wizard of Oz*, with one participant quipping that they now think of Garland naked. They praised Karthik Subbaraj as a talented director who maintains a perpetually youthful appearance despite being in his mid-forties, comparing his look to a high school senior photo. The discussion highlighted the film's unique approach, noting that Subbaraj intentionally avoided casting big-name actors in the lead roles to ensure he could tell his story without compromise. This stance was contrasted with industry anecdotes about stars like Will Smith trying to change Quentin Tarantino's scripts or Shia LaBeouf's disrespectful behavior on set with Francis Ford Coppola, emphasizing the rarity and bravery of a director sticking to his original vision against star power. Beyond the film specifics, the video includes casual banter about the creators' upcoming plans to see *Resident Evil* at an AMC theater, where they discuss the benefits of their Stubs membership for discounted tickets. They specifically mention enjoying the popcorn and jalapeño offerings at the Porter Ranch Theater, adding a personal touch to their movie-going habits. The transcript concludes with the group expressing excitement about the film's release, which is expected soon, and reiterating their admiration for Karthik Subbaraj's work and his collaboration with music legend Ilaiyaraaja. Overall, the video serves as both a reaction piece to the new trailer and a glimpse into the creators' personal lives and filmmaking philosophies.

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So, we did something pretty special and fun on Sunday, at least we think so. Okay. So, my acting family, Work Space, which is the greatest acting family in the history of the world, uh Jackie, one of the ladies that's in there, she had sent out an email about a month ago and said, "Hey, everybody, anybody who'd be interested in just coming over on a Sunday and we're going to have some charcuterie and some wine and we're going to read a Shakespeare play. [ __ ] nerds. That's what we did. [ __ ] nerds. We had wine, cheese, fruit, veggies, and stuff, and we hung out. I got this wine bottle. It's a very cool wine bottle. Looks very much like it's from the day of Shakespeare. And then we just sat around and we we we read Much Ado About Nothing. One person, Ben, didn't make it, so Indrani read, and I told everybody, I said, "You She's a Indrani's not just a good cold reader, dude. She's never read a Shakespeare thing in her life. I thought there'd be at least 20 times while we were reading it I'd have to help her with the you know, pronunciation. Killed. >> Nice. >> She absolutely killed. >> Um I was multiple characters. So, everybody had to play multiple characters. So, I I I was uh well, we wasted bore you to death and characters. >> dorks. >> next next month we're reading through The Tempest. We're going to do it once a month. >> Dorks. >> The biggest, the baddest, whackiest, funniest, filmiest show on Earth. >> Never been >> [music] >> And we're back to Juicy Bites of Corbin. >> I'm Edward de Vere. If you know who that is, I love you. >> Awesome. Official Instagram, Twitter for more juicy content. They go to the Facebook and follow us there. >> Look it up. Edward de Vere. >> Here we got the trailer for the upcoming Karthik Subbaraj movie, Edward >> Karthik Subbaraj is making a movie called Dorothy. Let's make a joke about The WIZARD OF OZ. >> [laughter] >> AH. I SAID THAT CUZ WE DID THAT BEFORE. GOING TO DO that's Dorothy. Can anybody be named Dorothy or have anything named Dorothy and people not think about Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz? No. I think about Judy Garland naked. >> She current age. >> She >> [laughter] >> She is a treasure shirt sir. Yeah. [snorts] Don't mess with Judy Garland. >> Treasure in my pants. >> No. >> Current age. >> She reps the She reps the gay crew. You're not a part of the gay crew. >> Current age. >> Judy Liza and Cher. That's the trifecta of LGBTQ representation. Tiff, I hardly know her. >> Nice. >> Now look. Yes, just like you learned in Indian cinema. Your lips will never touch. >> [laughter] >> Is that the song we reacted to from this? Yeah. Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Over a girl. >> [music] [music] >> That was an Enter THE DRAGON POSTER. >> [music] [music] >> BRUCE LEE THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND. >> [whistles] >> YEP, I'M IN. And uh he doesn't do a lot of things without having um it be uh inspired by a lot of things that he loves. So, it wouldn't shock me if there's like some Bruce Lee He didn't [clears throat] have that by accident in the background. Uh >> [laughter] >> He uh he loves to show, you know, and and honor the things that he's loved in cinema. It's one of It's one of my favorite things about his style. Um >> Nice trailer. >> Um I like it a lot. Karthik is a very good director. >> A little baby face. >> Yep. >> Director. >> [clears throat] >> face, the one who looks perpetually 22 years old. >> Yeah. >> I'm pretty sure he's like 45. >> [laughter] >> His thumbnail, he's Looks like It looks like his high school senior photo. >> a little boy. >> does. >> He just looks like a little [laughter] boy. Um I think he's like 45, but >> Yeah, I think he is. He's in his 40s. >> It looks like um he's a evergreen. >> 43? >> Yeah. >> Look at but look at his little face. Look at his little face. >> He's so cute. >> wild >> Such a cute little face. >> Uh he's got the what VJ has, too. >> That's exactly what I was going to say. He has the the evergreen genetics. >> little baby face >> Yeah, he'll he'll he'll look like he just got old enough to drink when he's in his 50s. >> [laughter] >> Uh >> Nope, not audio. >> But the movie itself looks really good. All right, somebody told me and I don't know if it's true. I just saw this I think on Patreon and it's >> like um he wanted more not big name actors in this in the in the leads because he didn't want to compromise on his story. And I think that's a I think that's a common thing. Like a lot of stars will come in and ask you to tweak the story which I find wild. And I guess it does happen here because I've heard a story of like Remember when um you've heard the story about Quentin and Will Smith? >> Oh, yeah, and Will starts telling Quentin what he wants him to change. >> He originally approached Will. He wanted him to play >> for Django. >> Django. >> Yeah. >> And Will was like telling him to change his story. >> Like literally sitting at the table with him and saying, "Here's Here's what you can do to make it better. This is what I want to do to make the >> Which is [ __ ] wild. >> wild Write your own movie. >> Yeah. actor >> Do you want to be in this one or do you not want to be in this one? >> That takes some balls, man. >> Yeah. >> Especially when you don't have a working relationship with the person. >> Yeah. >> It's like but even if I did >> I think Jamie was telling him cuz he's talked about it, too. He's like he was telling him he was like, "Fucking do it, man. Like What are you doing?" And then he passed and then >> [laughter] >> he was like, "Uh can I have it?" >> Yeah. >> And obviously it's it was a great So it it clearly happens here where stars will come in and try to change the script which >> just so wild to me. I mean I There's one thing to have collaboration, >> Right. It's one If you're Leo working with Marty. >> Yeah. >> Got cool. >> You be like Leo gets to input like that. >> like, "Okay, maybe what do you think about that?" And then you're like, "No." And then you could decide if you want to do it. >> Oh, and you can always always always make a suggestion. Always. You're working with a director, you have an idea, and you really think it's important, whether it's stage or or screen, and you you make a recommendation, and you say, "Hey, I had this thought. What do you think?" And that's all you say. >> Yeah. >> To to come Like, "Dude, have you seen that?" I'm sure you have. The behind-the-scenes stuff with Coppola and Shia LaBeouf? >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Shia was just like, "Dude, what are you doing?" >> Shia is a batshit, man. >> Holy [snorts] moly. >> [laughter] >> If you haven't seen that, you should look up some behind-the-scenes stuff with Shia LaBeouf and Francis Ford Coppola because Shia is just off the charts disrespectful to Francis. >> Oh, yeah, 100%. [laughter] Um [snorts] but look at forward to this, man. Uh comes out, I think, the end of the month. >> Yeah, soon, like next week. >> Is it next week? >> Mhm. We might I We might I I don't I think [laughter] we might. But I don't know. Um it it has enough >> It's a shame. >> people in it's Tamil so we do so we do get Tamil. Not as much as Hindi and Telugu, but we do get Tamil probably the next most after those. >> Yeah. >> So, more than Malayalam. Um So, it's possible, and it's Karthik Subbaraj, and um Raja sir, and so that that's great, but I I still don't know if we um We'll get that. I doubt it's on Fandango yet. >> Yeah. >> Um and I wish it would come to an AMC cuz I have Stubs, and it would make it cheaper. >> Yeah, me too. >> [laughter] >> Always love that. Stubs is so worth it, man. We're going to go see Resident Evil on Saturday night. >> I've heard really good things. >> It'll probably It's going to do a hundred million dollars this >> nice things about it, and I've never seen one Resident Evil. >> We're No, I I I That doesn't surprise me, but we've already We got our tickets yesterday for for tomorrow night, and um or tomorrow afternoon. We're going to like to the 4:20 showing. >> And blaze it. >> But >> [laughter] >> No, she does edibles. >> Nicole does edibles. >> 420 blaze it. >> Yeah. Uh Anyway. Um >> [laughter] >> [ __ ] The um the the great thing about the AMC stuff I I Do you guys have something comparable there for this because what you can do is with AMC you can join and for a fee each month you get free tickets for yourself and then you also get discounts on stuff. So like it was $25 a ticket for four people so do the math on that, right? It's like 75 something like 25 It turned out with my discount with AMC Stubs it was only like 13 and change per ticket. >> Dang. >> Yeah. Um >> And the theaters are great. We love to go into the Porter Ranch Theater. The popcorn and the jalapeños are our favorite in any of the movie theaters we go to. >> Jalapeños? >> Ugh. Thank you, Mary. I told you, Mary, my grandchildren are going to know about you. She doesn't know who I'm referring to but it's a lady in San Antonio. Anyways. >> Uh that was great. >> I loved the talk with Karthik. >> Karthik, have you done any promo? Come on. And anything else we need to know about the lap? >> The biggest, the baddest, [music] wackiest, funniest, filmiest show on Earth. >> Never [clears throat] before. >> [music]