The Dread of Zed

In an attempt to please the leaders of Hinduism, Rajan Zed - An Indo-American leader himself - has called for a worldwide boycott of the movie "The Love Guru" and Viacom/Paramount.

If we were dealing with a very prominent film...I'd still have a lot to say, but the fact of the matter is The Love Guru is a Myers comedy! I would understand if Zed were boycotting a serious film that deals with Hindu stereotypes, but again [must I stress enough?] we're talking about a Mike Myers film. With his long line of stereotypical characters Myers' played [skin eating Dutch, bad teeth British, Fat Scotsman... The list goes on] you'd think the Hindus would have a sense of humour. Nope.

A follower of Zed's cause, Janjagruti Samiti and his lawyer have this to say, "it appears to be mocking and ridiculing Hinduism… Cinema is a powerful medium and it can create stereotypes in the minds of some audiences, especially in the minds of younger audiences, who are passing through an impressionable phase. We do not want our next generation to be growing up with a distorted view of Hinduism and Hindus." I would really like to see this religious group protest in front of cinemas around the world. This will be like the Catholic rally and protest against Kevin Smith's Dogma... only with browner people [Oops! too soon?].

The most laughable request Samiti's lawyer proposed was this:

"If the filmmaker wants a lower rating, they should pre-screen it for Rajan Zed, us and other Hindu leaders, edit the material objectionable (if any) to this group and re-submit the movie to you."

This would be like giving the Mormons editing rights to the film Orgazmo. Yeah thanks, but no thanks. Judging from the early reviews on Rottentomates the movie will probably be a flop, but it could go the way of You Don't Mess with the Zohan and take second place this week. This battle is just more controversy to add more press to the film. Zed knows that and it's possibly his plan to magnify the Hindu religion with this PR stunt. The one thing he forgot was that his opponent is a dead cow [Now, that is too soon!].

Holy Shit indeed!