The U.S.A. has always been a racial and cultural melting pot. Due to the internet, social media, and the spread of yoga throughout Western culture, Eastern concepts have been taking root in the West for some time now. Back in 1969, when John Lennon wrote “Instant Karma,” nobody knew what he was talking about. Now, formerly sacred eastern concepts, such as recurring lifetimes, are showing up as cute quotes on food labels in American supermarkets.
Such concepts have long been making their cinematic debuts as well, in even the most innocuous fare—“Back to the Future” is hilariously riddled with esoteric concepts. Let’s pick an Eastern topic, shall we? Let’s take a look at how it shows up at the multiplex.
