Comments on: Borat, Enemy of the People http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Disha http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-90146 Disha Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:53:10 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-90146 Misogynistic/Rape- and horse piss jokes don't bother me much. What bugged me was the time when he almost incited a riot at a small-town rodeo. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6821600/ "After telling the crowd he supported America’s war on terrorism, he said, “I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards ... And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq.” He then sang a garbled version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned “downright nasty.” One observer said “If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him.” (...) It is not the first time Cohen has wooed controversy with his show, which airs on HBO. In one episode last year, Borat sang an anti-Semitic song called “Throw the Jew Down the Well” at a country music bar, prompting protests from the Anti-Defamation League." Aaah. Just what the world needs right now -- more rednecks who after being subjected to such jokes will get all warm and fuzzy about a "Middle Eastern stan country". Lawsuit idea is silly -- though it is perfectly in line with the "let's behave in a Western way" mentality. If you get insulted, don't hit the guy in the face, you sue him instead. Hey, that's progress :) Now, sending him a gift basket with several bottles of horse piss - that would be funnier. Misogynistic/Rape- and horse piss jokes don’t bother me much. What bugged me was the time when he almost incited a riot at a small-town rodeo. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6821600/
“After telling the crowd he supported America’s war on terrorism, he said, “I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards … And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq.” He then sang a garbled version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned “downright nasty.” One observer said “If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him.” (…) It is not the first time Cohen has wooed controversy with his show, which airs on HBO. In one episode last year, Borat sang an anti-Semitic song called “Throw the Jew Down the Well” at a country music bar, prompting protests from the Anti-Defamation League.”
Aaah. Just what the world needs right now — more rednecks who after being subjected to such jokes will get all warm and fuzzy about a “Middle Eastern stan country”.

Lawsuit idea is silly — though it is perfectly in line with the “let’s behave in a Western way” mentality. If you get insulted, don’t hit the guy in the face, you sue him instead. Hey, that’s progress :)

Now, sending him a gift basket with several bottles of horse piss – that would be funnier.

]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-90057 Nathan Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:08:00 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-90057 I doubt they had that in mind. I think that the statement is more just the kind of baseless positing of vast conspiracies that is sadly an all-too-common rhetorical device in official discourse in that neck of the woods. After all, if you don't say who is behind the plot, how can it be refuted? And it just makes so much damned sense! I mean, why would someone poke fun at the Kazakhs (which I don't think is the point insofar as the concept of Borat has a point) except as part of a plot to bring them low? I doubt they had that in mind. I think that the statement is more just the kind of baseless positing of vast conspiracies that is sadly an all-too-common rhetorical device in official discourse in that neck of the woods. After all, if you don’t say who is behind the plot, how can it be refuted? And it just makes so much damned sense! I mean, why would someone poke fun at the Kazakhs (which I don’t think is the point insofar as the concept of Borat has a point) except as part of a plot to bring them low?

]]> By: Brian http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-90056 Brian Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:41:35 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-90056 Wow I forgot he was jewish, I didn't even think of that. Do you think there was the hint of that in the Kazakh statement, or do you think it was just silliness? Wow I forgot he was jewish, I didn’t even think of that. Do you think there was the hint of that in the Kazakh statement, or do you think it was just silliness?

]]> By: Opinionated Voice http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-89993 Opinionated Voice Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:55:11 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-89993 [...] I find this quite amusing, particularly after Borat was controversial even before the MTV awards, and then started off the show by introducing Madonna as a transvestite. Kazakhstan may not find him funny, but they do need to lighten up. Though as one blogger points out, if he refuses to tone it down and the KGB don’t bump him off first, at least we can look forward to the most entertaining trial of all time. «« Previous: Impossible To Justify Military Service Next: Education Of Violence »» 3 Comments » [...] [...] I find this quite amusing, particularly after Borat was controversial even before the MTV awards, and then started off the show by introducing Madonna as a transvestite. Kazakhstan may not find him funny, but they do need to lighten up. Though as one blogger points out, if he refuses to tone it down and the KGB don’t bump him off first, at least we can look forward to the most entertaining trial of all time. «« Previous: Impossible To Justify Military Service Next: Education Of Violence »» 3 Comments » [...]

]]> By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Borat Doomed to a Gulag? http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-89975 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Borat Doomed to a Gulag? Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:07:09 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-89975 [...] Chirol’s favorite Kazakh seems to be in a spot of bother as Nathan has noted. [...] [...] Chirol’s favorite Kazakh seems to be in a spot of bother as Nathan has noted. [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-89961 Nathan Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:33:21 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-89961 "International Man of Mystery" is not what comes to mind when I think of Sacha Baron Cohen. But given his name, isn't it obvious who's behind this? I mean, Israel and Uzbekistan are pretty tight. But seriously, I think they should keep in mind how this becomes fodder for the act. Maybe some Kazakh traditions regarding treatment of comedians need to make it into Borat's act. “International Man of Mystery” is not what comes to mind when I think of Sacha Baron Cohen. But given his name, isn’t it obvious who’s behind this? I mean, Israel and Uzbekistan are pretty tight.

But seriously, I think they should keep in mind how this becomes fodder for the act. Maybe some Kazakh traditions regarding treatment of comedians need to make it into Borat’s act.

]]> By: Opinionated Voice http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-89941 Opinionated Voice Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:51:04 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-89941 [...] I find this quite amusing, particularly after Borat started off the MTV awards by introducing Madonna as a transvestite. Kazakhstan may not find him funny, but they do need to lighten up. Though as one blogger points out, if he refuses to tone it down and the KGB don’t bump him off, at least we can look forward to the most entertaining trial of all time. «« Previous: Impossible To Justify Military Service [...] [...] I find this quite amusing, particularly after Borat started off the MTV awards by introducing Madonna as a transvestite. Kazakhstan may not find him funny, but they do need to lighten up. Though as one blogger points out, if he refuses to tone it down and the KGB don’t bump him off, at least we can look forward to the most entertaining trial of all time. «« Previous: Impossible To Justify Military Service [...]

]]> By: Brian http://registan.net/index.php/2005/11/14/borat-enemy-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-89932 Brian Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:28:39 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6071#comment-89932 Hmmm... so the question is not why Ali G is dissing Kazakhstan, but which nation is behind it? Who hates Kazakhstan enough to enlist Borat to taint their image? It wouldn't be the opposition, because Borat mocks the entire nation, not just goverment. The CIA? The Chinese? Shining Path guerillas from Peru? No, I bet it's Uzbekistan. Karimov wants to scare foreign investors away from a Kazakhstan, hoping that they'll then say "Eh, Uzbekistan's close enough". Hmmm… so the question is not why Ali G is dissing Kazakhstan, but which nation is behind it?

Who hates Kazakhstan enough to enlist Borat to taint their image? It wouldn’t be the opposition, because Borat mocks the entire nation, not just goverment. The CIA? The Chinese? Shining Path guerillas from Peru? No, I bet it’s Uzbekistan. Karimov wants to scare foreign investors away from a Kazakhstan, hoping that they’ll then say “Eh, Uzbekistan’s close enough”.

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