Is Borat a Movie With an Agenda?

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I can't say I know much about the movie, and I'm only vaguely familiar with the actor's other projects (Ali G, for instance). After watching this clip, which is, to me, far more embarrassing and disturbing than it is funny, I can't help but wonder if Cohen (I think that's his name) is trying to make a point within a quirky story about a Kazahkstani immigrant.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo[/media]
 
its sad and funny at the same time. I am not really surprised by at, when I was living in texas awhile ago our neighbors thought jews had horns and this was in the 80s
 
thats actually not from the movie, it's from the TV series on HBO. Cohen himself happens to be jewish too, ironically. I'm jewish and i don't really think anything of it. whatever
 
if you admittedly know nothing about him... why would you comment on whether it's funny or not?

plus - anyone who doesn't find Borat funny (particularly THAT clip, which is one of the most inspired and hilarious satirizations of social inequity ever)... is boring, uptight, reactionary... and probably not very smart

pls see: NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV
 
other than the fact that it takes only one man pretending to be from another country with a guitar to reveal the anti-semitic underbelly of the rural american subconscious - i don't see what this does.

and i laughed my ass off.
 
[quote name='Sleepkyng']other than the fact that it takes only one man pretending to be from another country with a guitar to reveal the anti-semitic underbelly of the rural american subconscious - i don't see what this does.

and i laughed my ass off.[/quote]

wow, just wow.

"anti-semetic underbelly of the rural american subconscious" :rofl: :rofl:


Wasn't it in California that Mel Gibson made his remarks? Therefore, I can say this;

All it takes is one drunken hollywood star to reveal the anti-semetic underbelly of the suburban american subconscious. :roll:


Dumbass.
 
[quote name='PKRipp3r']if you admittedly know nothing about him... why would you comment on whether it's funny or not?[/QUOTE]

As a character, he's funny. What's neither funny/not funny is how embarrassing it is to see people so willing to publicly display their anti-semitism. It's far more uncomfortable than it is debatable in terms of being funny, IMO.

That's why.
 
Oh man, the Throw the Jew Down the Well song was hilarious. That said, I do think that one of the aims that Cohen has is to show how full of shit people are. This is why he asks such ridiculous questions in his interviews (Borat got one politician to say that Jews go to hell and Bruno frequently makes people involved in pop culture look like dumbasses.) So yeah, it's funny, but considering how often Cohen goes out of his way to show the bad side of people, I do think that he has an agenda of some sort.

And I can't wait for the Borat movie.

Edit: Oh, and the Throw the Jew Down the Well takes place in Tucson, Arizona... and the people there are relatively shitty.
 
[quote name='Derwood43']wow, just wow.

"anti-semetic underbelly of the rural american subconscious" :rofl: :rofl:


Wasn't it in California that Mel Gibson made his remarks? Therefore, I can say this;

All it takes is one drunken hollywood star to reveal the anti-semetic underbelly of the suburban american subconscious. :roll:


Dumbass.[/QUOTE]

since he didn't say anywhere in his post that anti-semitism was the exclusive view of people in rural america... i'd say you're just whistling dixie

also Mel doesn't live in Hollywood, he lives in Malibu

even people in SoCal hate people from Malibu

besides... rural American prejudices > urban Ameican prejudices
 
Myke-- this is just one example of the amazing comedy that this guy does. His ability to bring out the truth in people is uncanny...go rent some
Ali G dvds!




"anti-semetic underbelly of the rural american subconscious"

wow, that's loaded :lol:
I want to suggest-- "the generally prejudiced rural american conscience" which, ha, is a predjudiced remark in it's self..but in my experience, they are more upfront about their hate.

The only people more blunt were some guys I worked with from the south side of Chicago who hated white people. The difference was that guys from the south side warmed up to me and revealed that it was certain kinds of white folk they hated--bosses, assholes who treated them badly etc.

the rural guys hated as if it were a fact of life that couldn't change.

anyway, urban and suburban people tend to be more racist/prejudiced subconsciously/passively, in my experience. like frat boys who start to go on about their ideologies when they're drunk--that's always an uncomfortable scene. or soccer moms who freak out when they see a black guy and lock the car doors instantly.


[quote name='Chacrana']
Edit: Oh, and the Throw the Jew Down the Well takes place in Tucson, Arizona... and the people there are relatively shitty.[/QUOTE]


there's a pretty strong liberal base there...but that's like a lot of towns in AZ--many radicals, liberals, counter-culture 20-somethings mixed with conservative old people with money. okay, i guess it's like that everywhere, but it's very apparent in AZ cities.
 
[quote name='Derwood43']wow, just wow.

"anti-semetic underbelly of the rural american subconscious" :rofl: :rofl:


Wasn't it in California that Mel Gibson made his remarks? Therefore, I can say this;

All it takes is one drunken hollywood star to reveal the anti-semetic underbelly of the suburban american subconscious. :roll:


Dumbass.[/quote]

hey, i'm from rural america, and you know what? it has a terrible anti-semitic underbelly.

it's also extremely homophobic - last time i heard, the only place they tied up, beat and killed gay people was out in rural america.

they definitely tie up and beat gay people in san francisco - but it costs a lot of money.
 
[quote name='Sleepkyng']

they definitely tie up and beat gay people in san francisco - but it costs a lot of money.[/QUOTE]

rofl

nice
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']its sad and funny at the same time. I am not really surprised by at, when I was living in texas awhile ago our neighbors thought jews had horns and this was in the 80s[/quote]They DON'T!? And here I thought those funny Jew-hats were just to hide their horns! Geez, you learn something new every day.
 
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