Religulous: Borat-style satire on faith causes outrage
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 ...
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Religulous is at times factually very informative and at times punctuates the revered balloons of religiosity with iconoclastic humor and irony that exposes inconsistencies. After the many super-religious big budget epic films over the years that sanctify myths and occasionally glorify war and demonize jews, Maher's little documentary with humor is a welcome change. Not a great film, but one worth seeing with an open mind.