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Friday, December 7, 2007 12:00 AM

A tale of blaxploitation and Lord Ram

On the two-year anniversary of How the World Works, everything starts to make sense. Well, not really.

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  • Friday, December 7, 2007 04:26 PM

    Maybe not Ram and Hanuman but...

    ..give Karan Arjun a try. Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan (no relation) as two sweet young boys treacherously murdered by their evil uncle (Amrish Puri at his bug-eyed best), reincarnated to avenge their own deaths and make Ma's heart glad. Lots of Kali worship--and she's the good goddess here. One of the wackiest song picturizations ever (Shahrukh and Kajol rolling in the hay--this being Bollywood, that's literally rolling. in. the. hay.) Moral of the story: Turn the other cheek, and if that doesn't work, come back from the dead and kill them all. I watch it every Christmas to erase all the saccharine American holiday fare from my visual palate.

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