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bob - He hasn't actually been involving impoverished people in the production of a movie scheduled for world wide release though has he? If he got sued for the profits to the film we'd be square I figure.

Huang Guang Chen - Well I'm sure those poor exploited untermensch will not get a bean next time, as Cohen, sincerely hoping not to offend, which is his trademark, of course, instead turns to a group of western extras to mimic the strange and varied customs of Romanian peasants. Hooray! The world is a better place. We can all move on now.

bob - Do Romanians usually have two wives, two mistresses, a girlfriend, and a regular prostitute? Do they behave in a lascivious way toward their sisters, eat raw meat, go for a hole cleaning and head relief at the local massage parlour? Do people in Kazakhstan usually do that? Just curious.

The only "characterization" in this film is the Borat character. The Romanian people involved were paid to participate in this characterization and in the process even their homes were mocked. At the end of the clip Borat invites people to come and stay there with the joke being of course that nobody would want to. The British and Americans who particpated were not involved in a characterization because they were just being themselves in relation to the uncouth, foul mouthed, ill mannered character. Is it really so difficult to see who was really insulted? Or does the desire for a quick laugh at the expense of impoverished people make that difficult?