Now, it probably doesn’t surprise you much that some Hindu groups are downright outraged over the existence of Mike Myers’ The Love Guru.  Frankly, that’s not hard to swallow.  But what may surprise you only slightly more is that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has also thrown their strongest censure against the new Myers stinkbomb. Same with pretty much every critic in America, by the look of it.

Looks like Myers and company are going to have to come crawling to “Easy” Earl Dittman if they want a good quote for their box art. Strangely, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops seems to be rather…well…limp-wristed when it comes to issuing their strongest censure, dragging out choice lines like “vulgar and tasteless”, not to mention that it “wallows in endless penis jokes and fairly yucky potty humor.” Yucky potty humor?  Who’s writing your copy, Mrs. Johnson’s first grade class down at Milquetoast Street Elementary?  Seriously, if you’re going to lay into a film and give if your worst rating–for some reason theirs is apparently the letter O–give it some VENOM!  Try “constant assault on basic human decency”!  Try “utterly lacking in redeeming features”!  Try throwing the word “ruination” or even bust out “hellbound”.  You guys can do better than a seven year old’s linguistic shuffle and “yucky potty humor”! And it’s not even just the Catholics–the Jews are also throwing their lines in and they’re landing right upside The Love Guru’s head:

Prominent Jewish Rabbi, Elizabeth W. Beyer of Nevada, has already called for a boycott of The Love Guru because the film “lampoons Hinduism, mocks Ashram life and Hindu philosophy.”

Which is just one more thing working against The Love Guru–that and, of course, audiences seem to be treating it like rotting carp and passing it up at every opportunity.  And until we get to see just how deep The Love Guru’s rabbit hole goes, try the Austin Powers trivia on Kwanzoo.

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