Zed Kicks ‘Guru’ When It’s Already Down
You may know Rajan Zed as the Hindu leader who sought to boycott Mike Myers’ The Love Guru for being offensive to Hindus. Or you might not. Either way, he apparently can’t let go of the movie even though it already embarrassed itself publicly at the box office.
In his most recent email dispatch, Zed asks Paramount “to include a video and a booklet about Hinduism and its tenets with its DVD version when it is launched in the market in the future.” You see, Mr. Zed is concerned that the 4 people who actually saw The Love Guru will have been traumatized by the religious insensitivity the film presents or they will take away misperceptions about the world’s third largest religion.
It turns out Mr. Zed is the only one left on the planet who is even still thinking about The Love Guru. Audiences stayed away in droves, not because the film offended their notions of faith, but because it offended their notions of comedy.
I think Mr. Zed’s booklets and videos would find a greater audience if he hired Verne Troyer to hand them out at LAX.
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Ha, as soon as I was no longer subjected to those trailers for it, I myself had forgotten about The Love Guru. Zed is just feeding the wretched beast.
“The Love Guru” has yet to open in SA, and the press screening for it was cancelled a while back because they seem to have lost the print. A blessing in disguise, I’d say.
“It turns out Mr. Zed is the only one left on the planet who is even still thinking about The Love Guru. Audiences stayed away in droves, not because the film offended their notions of faith, but because it offended their notions of comedy.”
Ain’t that the truth?
So I have to wonder, did Zed take deep umbrage at the depiction of mysticism and India in Darjeeling Limited or is he really just offended by the comedic efforts of Mike Meyers?
Not that I really care, mind you. Just wondering.
Here’s a direct quote from one of his emails describing the guru’s bad behavior in the film: “instigates a bar fight, repeatedly narrates penis jokes, mocks yoga (one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy), wears female jewelry, mocks the concept of third eye, makes disciples drink tea passed through his nose, orders alligator soup, induces elephant copulation in front of the crowd, introduces himself as “His Holiness”, lives in a lavish ashram staffed with scantily clad maids, and whose goal in life seems to appear on Oprah Winfrey show.”
Incidentally, this whole thing has made me giggle for months.
Dammit, he’s making me _want_ to see the damn movie! (Don’t worry, I still won’t) But “orders alligator soup” as an offense? Hilarious!
I know!
Nobody’s actually going to buy the film on DVD though.
And I think the ‘alligator soup’ thing might be offensive because of ahimsa, but I could be wrong.
I don’t know K, I’m continually amazed at the crap that turns up at the top of DVD sales lists. Exhibit A: 10,000 B.C.
(Full disclosure, I did not see 10,000 B.C., but I just have to believe it’s mainly crap)
It is.
But 10,000 BC did surprisingly well at the box office, while Guru debuted at number 5 and then sank, sank, sank without a trace.
I’m actually sort of hoping that Guru finally keeps Jessica Alba away from film. I wouldn’t mind it if Mike Myers took a little break as well.
You make a fine point K. I forgot how successful 10,000 BC was in theaters.
I’m guessing Alba will bounce back, but Myers I’m not so sure.