Borat
There was some discussion about the "Borat" guy and his big new movie.
This might change some opinions of this guy.
Having read this along, with a few other stories coming out about him, I don't think he'll be getting any $$'s from me.
Not that he'll miss them.
When Sacha Baron Cohen wanted a village to represent the impoverished Kazakh home of his character Borat, he found the perfect place in Glod: a remote mountain outpost with no sewerage or running water and where locals eke out meagre livings peddling scrap iron or working patches of land.
But now the villagers of this tiny, close-knit community have angrily accused the comedian of exploiting them, after discovering his new blockbuster film portrays them as a backward group of rapists, abortionists and prostitutes, who happily engage in casual incest.
They claim film-makers lied to them about the true nature of the project, which they believed would be a documentary about their hardship, rather than a comedy mocking their poverty and isolation. (more at link)
bob - Wow. And here I was plugging this thing all over the place based on the reviews it has gotten...
I'm a little skeptical though whether the villagers were quite as naive as is being suggested now.
Either way I don't suppose it made a lot of sense to insult a people that way.... Unless they are Americans of course. Americans are like Canadians, only further south and resiliant as hell to that kind of mockery.
Buttercup - From the least credible source ON THE PLANET!
"But feelings in Glod are running so high that The Mail on Sunday saw angry villagers brandishing farm implements chase out a local TV crew"
They're taking the piss. Really.
Big Fluffy Matthew - I saw that bit on a trailer, I thought it was filmed in Wales.
cfmidges - Interesting.
I remember he was accused of being anti-semitic a few years ago. Which is kind of odd as he's Jewish.
Tyc00n - So its ok when Ali G or Borat tricks ordinary Americans / Brits / whoever, but if its poor villagers its not ok?
bob - Precisely. "If" that story is accurate the guy is a major asshole.
This might change some opinions of this guy.
Having read this along, with a few other stories coming out about him, I don't think he'll be getting any $$'s from me.
Not that he'll miss them.
When Sacha Baron Cohen wanted a village to represent the impoverished Kazakh home of his character Borat, he found the perfect place in Glod: a remote mountain outpost with no sewerage or running water and where locals eke out meagre livings peddling scrap iron or working patches of land.
But now the villagers of this tiny, close-knit community have angrily accused the comedian of exploiting them, after discovering his new blockbuster film portrays them as a backward group of rapists, abortionists and prostitutes, who happily engage in casual incest.
They claim film-makers lied to them about the true nature of the project, which they believed would be a documentary about their hardship, rather than a comedy mocking their poverty and isolation. (more at link)
bob - Wow. And here I was plugging this thing all over the place based on the reviews it has gotten...
I'm a little skeptical though whether the villagers were quite as naive as is being suggested now.
Either way I don't suppose it made a lot of sense to insult a people that way.... Unless they are Americans of course. Americans are like Canadians, only further south and resiliant as hell to that kind of mockery.
Buttercup - From the least credible source ON THE PLANET!
"But feelings in Glod are running so high that The Mail on Sunday saw angry villagers brandishing farm implements chase out a local TV crew"
They're taking the piss. Really.
Big Fluffy Matthew - I saw that bit on a trailer, I thought it was filmed in Wales.
cfmidges - Interesting.
I remember he was accused of being anti-semitic a few years ago. Which is kind of odd as he's Jewish.
Tyc00n - So its ok when Ali G or Borat tricks ordinary Americans / Brits / whoever, but if its poor villagers its not ok?
bob - Precisely. "If" that story is accurate the guy is a major asshole.
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