This week on the Deep Hurting Project: The Love Guru.
Well, at least the idea of Mike Myers playing an Indian guru is a lot less cringeworthy than I expected. To be fair, apparently, he's actually a white guy who just happened to grow up in India, and had a creepily superimposed version of Mike Myers' face on a child's body.
But, of course, since this is a comedy that made the So Bad It's Horrible list, there's a lot of shitty attempts at bad comedy. Here's some I found in the first 20 minutes:
Overall, this is still better than Bio-Dome in the comedy department, but, given how Mike Myers' films were always better than this (yes, even The Cat in the Hat), it certainly makes sense it made the list. It's a painfully unfunny comedy.
Well, at least the idea of Mike Myers playing an Indian guru is a lot less cringeworthy than I expected. To be fair, apparently, he's actually a white guy who just happened to grow up in India, and had a creepily superimposed version of Mike Myers' face on a child's body.
But, of course, since this is a comedy that made the So Bad It's Horrible list, there's a lot of shitty attempts at bad comedy. Here's some I found in the first 20 minutes:
- lots of dick jokes, even for a movie about a sex guru.
- a sitar raga that turns into "9 to 5",
- an actual Indian guru played by Ben Kingsley (cross-eyed because masturbation),
- Mike Myers' group being named EIEIO, with loads of stupid acronyms and vacant explanations of simple words so bad that even Gary Busey would tell him to tone it down. Seriously, I have hyperlexia, and as a result of learning to read at an age where most of my peers hadn't been potty trained, I'm really kind of fascinated with wordplay. But, seriously, seeing him running the "Nowhere"=>"Now Here" into the ground (even homaging The Electric Company) really ruins it.
- A running gag of using "Mariska Hargitay" as a greeting that culminates in the actual Mariska Hargitay actually shows up.
- Verne Troyer getting repeatedly being the brunt of midget jokes.
- Really, overall, any potential joke that could potentially work gets run straight into the ground.
Overall, this is still better than Bio-Dome in the comedy department, but, given how Mike Myers' films were always better than this (yes, even The Cat in the Hat), it certainly makes sense it made the list. It's a painfully unfunny comedy.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.