Some of the items in my e-box are eye-rollingly funny without intending to be. You may have already forgotten the controversy about the new Mike Myers movie, "The Love Guru." Some Hindus were unhappy because the premise of the film uses some Hindu concepts. The film was not well received by most critics. The excellent review-aggregation site Rottentomatoes.com says only 15% of the reviews were positive. And I think they're being generous. Plus, the film came out during a couple of weeks when several well-reviewed movies were aiming as some of the same audience. How did it sell? For grins, do a Google search for "Love Guru" and "bomb." So here's the top of a news release in my e-box: The boycott call of Hindus against Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" for lampooning Hinduism has been very effective, contributing to its blunt failure at the box office, Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu leader, announced here today. It's a miracle! Not. ...
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Some of the items in my e-box are eye-rollingly funny without intending to be. You may have already forgotten the controversy about the new Mike Myers movie, "The Love Guru." Some Hindus were unhappy because the premise of the film uses some Hindu concepts. The film was not well received by most critics. The excellent review-aggregation site Rottentomatoes.com says only 15% of the reviews were positive. And I think they're being generous. Plus, the film came out during a couple of weeks when several well-reviewed movies were aiming as some of the same audience. How did it sell? For grins, do a Google search for "Love Guru" and "bomb." So here's the top of a news release in my e-box: The boycott call of Hindus against Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" for lampooning Hinduism has been very effective, contributing to its blunt failure at the box office, Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu leader, announced here today. It's a miracle! Not. ...