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Is Borat Racist?
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| darouge11 |
Is he concidered a racist....i mean hes always talking about throwing the jew down the wells and but hes jewish is he not???
no offence to anybody hee its just and example....
Epople call him racist and some people say hes not, whats your take on it? |
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| dallastar |
borat as a character - I would say yes to some extent.
Sacha Baron Cohen - NO! |
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| King Luis |
| quote: | Originally posted by dallastar
borat as a character - I would say yes to some extent.
Sacha Baron Cohen - NO! |
end thread. |
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| milos |
| why are there so many stupid (and stupid looking) polish people |
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| Cribby |
| No. On the other hand, Dallas is racist ;) |
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| dallastar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cribby
No. On the other hand, Dallas is racist ;) |
Sexxy time, High- five!!!
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by dallastar
borat as a character - I would say yes to some extent.
Sacha Baron Cohen - NO! |
of course he's racist against khazaki people, hes trying to say that most khazaki's act like that. But its probably true. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
hes trying to say that most khazaki's act like that. But its probably true. |
most stupid comment of the day |
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| patpicos |
all borat is : awesome
end of story |
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| Shade |
Personally I think Sascha's aim was to make a satire of common viewpoints and stereotypes (especially American ones) - however I think his work is too frequently misinterpreted and/or taken in a poor manner. I'm personally not a fan of his for the simple reason that I don't feel I gain anything except short term laughs - I might even say watching his show/movie(s) would make me stupid (Don't take that literally).
He is Jewish and as a result his work - at least towards Jews - is viewed as "acceptable" by some. Personally I think that this viewpoint would be ok if you didn't have over 50% of the people who watch his shows/movies not understanding the point and just taking everything in at face value (aka worthless crap).
From what I see, there are way too many kids running around repeating what they saw in the Borat movie or watching Ali G or whatever the case may be without really understanding what Sascha was trying to get at; this, unfortunately, negates the concept in mind and ends up promoting racism (too many kids don't know any better than to really understand what they're saying).
Overall, I don't see Sascha as blatantly racist. I think he's a smart man with - at the very least - a decent idea in mind. That way too many people take it the wrong way is an issue on its own, but there will always be people who will senselessly repeat whatever a movie says. |
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| darouge11 |
| quote: | Originally posted by milos
why are there so many stupid (and stupid looking) polish people |
do shut up |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by darouge11
do shut up |
polkraine to the rescue :D |
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