Religulous: Borat-style satire on faith causes outrage

The Independent by Andrew Johnson, Emily Dugan | Mar. 22, 2009 (News Report)

A Borat-style documentary lampooning the world's religions through interviews with their leaders is to open in Britain next week – and, if the US experience is anything to go, it is certain to spark controversy.

Religulous – the title is a provocative combination of "religion" and "ridiculous" – caused outrage across the Atlantic, with Catholics complaining they were the main target of the film, directed by Larry Charles. He also directed ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Mar 21, 2009 - 8:18 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 22, 2009

I have seen Religulous. This review mischaracterizes the film. I have seen Borat also, and the apples and oranges grouping of the two because of a common director provides a disingenuous attempt at a negative slant. The "outrage" in the article title is apparently claimed to have occurred moons ago in the U.S, but not documented. The potpourri of 4 topics at the end are not integrated and are distracting.

Religulous is at times factually very informative and at times punctuates the revered balloons of religiosity with iconoclastic humor and irony that ... More »

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 by Randy Morrow - Mar. 21, 2009

I have a very high regard for Bill Maher and read this article thinking it would be about the UK reaction to his film "Religulous". To some degree the story does that but it wanders into (somewhat) related subjects that are currently causing controversy in the British Isles.

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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Mar. 24, 2009

A bad review of a good (not superlative) movie.

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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 22, 2009

How the Pope, could go to Africa and proclaim that condoms actually help your chances of HIV/AID's will go down in history as the most damaging statement ever proclaimed. Millions may die. He might want to speak to his boss about this one.

Atheists are not now just standing up and being counted. They were not atheists before the politicians and greedy bankers and Wall Street whores ... More »

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