Michael John Myers is the Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and movie producer well known for the Austin Powers series, a sucessful parody of James Bond and the English 'mod' fashion style of the early 60s (more recently Myers has been signed up to play the main role in the upcoming biopic of The Who drummer Keith Moon..)
Myers is also known for his controversial Guru Pitka, a stereotype of the typical Hindu spiritual teacher as seen by the Westerners. The trailer of the upcoming The Love Guru movie has already raised a lot of resentment within the Hindu community around the world and many (Hindu and not Hindu) spiritual leaders state that it denigrates the Hindu traditions insulting gurus, yogis and the whole Hindu spirituality. Personally I haven't seen the trailer yet, just the Guru Pitka's site, colorful and funny. If you want to know more about this hilarious wannabe guru click here
(When - and if - I'll see The Love Guru movie, I'll probably give my opinion in this blog...Anyway, I think that when you have 'strong' spiritual beliefs a funny (and peraphs 'silly') movie can't affect them and hurt too much. Furthermore self-irony is the best medicine for being too serious and against integralism of all kinds...
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