Compliments can be tricky and easily misunderstood. In a world where political correctness is prominent, some find it hard to accept or give compliments
Compliments. They seem uncomplicated on the surface. But dig a little deeper and you realise that they are nothing short of a potential minefield, which may explode in your face at any moment.
Amy Schumer’s compliment sketch features her and her friends giving and expertly deflecting compliments, making fun of the common belief that women are awful at accepting praise.
“And my wife, she was born to make ladoos,” Satish (Adil Hussain) says of Shashi (Sridevi), in the 2012 film English Vinglish, in the very definition of a backhanded compliment.