So, out of all the films I watched this week, the funniest and most entertaining by far was the hugely sacrilegious comedy/documentary ‘Religulous’. It’s been directed by Larry Charles, the director of ‘Borat’ and a writer on ‘Seinfeld’ and written and presented by comedian and social critic Bill Maher who’s best endorsement (for me) comes in the form of a report on Anti-Catholicism which claimed that, following the 2002 clergy sex abuse scandal, “no one insulted Catholics more than Bill Maher”. Brilliant!

Whatever you views on religion are, you really have to watch this film. It’s funny as hell. (Though if you’re the type that believes in the immaculate conception or armies of monkey-men you’d better have a thick skin)

Bill Maher (who also presents the film) totally rips into organised religion of all kinds, the film is brilliantly edited for maximum effect and is full of scathing one liners that will make you laugh out loud. Here’s the trailer:

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So. I consider myself something of an animal lover. I have on occasion thought of going vegetarian but then I am faced with the simple reality that cows are in fact, very tasty animals. Don’t even get me started about pigs, with applesauce.

So I am a huge hypocrite. I love my dogs, hate people being cruel to animals and once shot a film about snakes and how misunderstood they are but I have eaten monkey brain soup.

But you know who’s ‘Animal Rights Activism’ makes me seem like the freakin’ Pope? (Not the current one that looks like a thug and says all the gays are going to hell, though)

PeTA. Thats right. Fucked up capitalisation that all the cool kids love, PeTA.

Where do I begin? In Mumbai a few years ago I called them on a Sunday and found out that their animal emergency help-line only works on weekdays, during business hours but I could press #3 and speak with a PR person. (PR emergencies must be very common in the city then)

But if there’s been an animal emergency, say a dog has been run over on the street or a bird flew into a wire, tough titties. Read more…

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