“Outsourced” - the movie study guide- #8

“Outsourced” - the movie study guide- #8

 

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd	Class
High-context culture	Todd	Aunty JI home
Individualism	Todd	Going to India
Collectivism	Indian people  \  Puro	Washing place
Low power distance	Todd \ Aisha \ Aunty JI	Class
High power distance	Indian people \ Aunty JI	Washing place
Uncertainty tolerance	Aisha	Class
Uncertainty avoidance	Aunty JI \ Todd	Home
Task orientation	Todd	Learning people
Social orientation	Aunty JI \ Puro	Aunty JI home

 

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport?

 Thay write his name wrong and in the airport he didn’t see his name .

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do?
He tells him to jump into the train while it was moving .

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

 Nice guy.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

 He eat with left hand.

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with
cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the
city?

Explain to him that the left hand is unclean.

 

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot
without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of
Schmuck is?

 To eat cheese burger.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

. I will never do lt again

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
Do not ask for beef again.

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they?

 He understands and respect Indian culture.

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That
means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way
they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing
tea for Todd? He sat with them and made himself as a member of the family.