That's "Spiritual Feel Good Poverty Porn" To You

"The plight of India’s child beggars has been thrust into the international spotlight by Slumdog Millionaire, the British-made film tipped for Oscar glory with a staggering ten nominations. It has already won an unprecedented four Hollywood Golden Globes.

Directed by Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of Jamal, a boy who escapes the slums of Mumbai and wins a fortune on the Indian equivalent of the TV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Branded ‘poverty porn’ by some Indian critics, the film has caused controversy in a country that wants to promote itself as a modern economic super-power."

-- Andrew Malone, with more about the latest NewAge cinematic hit, in The Daily Mail.

Of Course It Makes You Feel Good: It's In India!!!

"This is a movie that begins with a graphic torture scene and contains a plunge into a shit pool and various gruesome maimings and murders. This is what passes for feelgood these days,..."

-- Ann Althouse, in a post about the two Oscar-nominated films ("Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Reader") that feature the two coolest cultish NewAge influences - Indian spirituality and the situational ethics of Nazi beliefs - on her blog called Althouse.