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Borat gets his Kazakh invite
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| dEsidEL |
the world's most popular Kazakh who isn't Kazakh has finally been granted an invitation to his supposed motherland lol..
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Borat gets his Kazakh invite
Oct. 19, 2006. 09:56 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A top Kazakh official has an invitation for the British comedian whose depiction of a homophobic, misogynistic, English-mangling Kazakh journalist has outraged the Central Asian nation: Come visit.
Deputy Foreign Minister Rakhat Aliyev said in an interview that he understands why Kazakhs are unhappy about Sacha Baron Cohen's character, Borat.
"But we must have a sense of humour and respect other people's freedom of creativity," Aliyev was quoted as saying by Kazakhstan Today.
"I'd like to invite Cohen here," he said. "He can discover a lot of things. Women drive cars, wine is made of grapes and Jews are free to go to synagogues."
Though to some Cohen's antics are potentially more insulting to Americans, Kazakhs have long seethed at his popularity and his maligning of their country. Cohen's Borat character has presented inhabitants of the ex-Soviet republic as addicted to horse urine, fond of shooting dogs, and viewing rape and incest as respectable hobbies.
Kazakh officials have tried to respond to the outrageous descriptions.
The Foreign Ministry recently ran ads on CNN, in The New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune citing laudable — though slightly boring — facts and figures on the nation's economic growth, civil liberties and cultural achievements.
Kazakh officials are also wincing at the imminent U.S. premiere of Cohen's full-length feature movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
"It's useless to offend an artist and threaten to sue him," Aliyev was quoted as saying. "It will only further damage the country's reputation and make Borat even more popular.
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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...id=968332188492
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| Jayx1 |
| and then he arrives and gets arrested LOL |
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| MLB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
and then he arrives and gets arrested LOL |
lol
but kudos to the kazak govt great move and a thoughtful action. Without ruining their own reputation they took a good step |
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| infinity HiGH |
| lol this sounds like a trap |
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| Djsketchbag |
| i'm predicting there gonna be sniper involved |
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| _EuG_ |
| he should make up a new character and go to kasakstan as him and make fun of them there |
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| Irishaddict |
| Borat isn't funny. |
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| _EuG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
Borat isn't funny. |
i thought it was stupid till i saw it my self |
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| DeTrOiT_bEnDeR |
omg that is so a trap! plane goes down, car bomb, sniper you name it, he doesnt make it out of there alive! DON'T DO IT
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| Vanos |
| Borat is my favorite since like 2002 |
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| Misanthrope |
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"He can discover a lot of things. Women drive cars, wine is made of grapes and Jews are free to go to synagogues."
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:haha: O RLY? |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
Borat isn't funny. |
You're not funny. |
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