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Article: Myers latest spoof offers up lots of laughs, Funnyman portrays Indian 'love guru' in summer comedy
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 28, 2008
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LOS ANGELES - As the people of Kazakhstan know all too well,
mockery of culture and religion seems to be kosher in Hollywood,
under the following conditions:
The humor must be so over-the-top, so beyond reality, that it
could never be misconstrued as mean-spirited. That, and the targeted
groups cannot be large enough, loud enough or organized enough so
that their hurt feelings make an impact at the box office.
Just ask Borat. Though Kazakhs complained that their country and
customs were grossly misrepresented in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of
America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," the film
was a $128 million domestic success - among the top-grossing films