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Unlikely Support For The Love Guru (UPDATED)

By: Anantha :+: Under: Brown in America, Culture, Entertainment, Opression, Religion
On: ⋅ June 21, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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The makers of the new Mike Myers homage to juvenile toilet humor, have managed to garner support from an unlikely source. The same source that the movie parodies, well sort of.

The North American Chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has just urged Hindus protesting Guru Pitka’s on-screen antics to lighten up and be enlightened. And pleasantly surprised as we are at UberDesi, all we are going say about it is “asphinctersayswhat”.

Say what? Exactly!

Perhaps the first Hindu organisation to comment on the Mike Myers’ film after watching it, ISKCON asked Hindus ‘to view the film in its context as a comedy, and to draw on the tolerance and broadmindedness that are hallmarks of our faith’.

While we think that poo and pee jokes are so passé, we have to agree. And ISKCON’s statement even takes a stand at the movie’s rabid Hindu detractors.

Yet, alluding to the campaign against the film run by Hindu leader Rajan Zed, Iskcon said: ‘We believe that pressuring filmmakers to censor, re-rate, or otherwise limit their artistic freedom is generally antithetical to the spirit of pluralism and tolerance within the Vedic or Hindu culture.’

Take that, Rajan Zed!

*UPDATE*: I had the unique opportunity to meet with Vineet Chander, ESQ (Director of Communications, ISCKON (North America) at the SAJA convention in New York. A pleasant surprise followed when he immediately recognized UberDesi by name and when I told him about this post (and the Love Guru coverage at UD), he graciously agreed to a short conversation (on record). This conversation which ranged from the Love Guru to Stephen Colbert to Dasavatharam, will be posted here once the recording is transcribed.

Vineet, if you ever on here again, please do leave us a comment!

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