Humiliated Frat Boys Sue 'Borat'
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http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6206069,00.html
Friday November 10, 2006 3:01 PM
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Two fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against ``Borat'' over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.
The legal action filed Thursday on their behalf claims they were duped into appearing in the spoof documentary ``Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,'' in which they made racist and sexist comments on camera.
The young men ``engaged in behavior that they otherwise would not have engaged in,'' the lawsuit says.
``Borat'' follows the adventures of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh journalist charac After a bout of heavy drinking, the plaintiffs signed a release form they were told ``had something to do with reliability issues with being in the RV,'' Taillieu said.
The film ``made plaintiffs the object of ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community,'' the lawsuit said.
It names 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., and three production companies as defendants.
Studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant said the lawsuit ``has no merit.''
The plaintiffs were seeking an injunction to stop the studio from displaying their image and likeness, along with unspecified monetary damages.
``Borat'' debuted as the top movie last weekend with $26.5 million.
Friday November 10, 2006 3:01 PM
AP Photo NYOL200
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Two fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against ``Borat'' over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.
The legal action filed Thursday on their behalf claims they were duped into appearing in the spoof documentary ``Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,'' in which they made racist and sexist comments on camera.
The young men ``engaged in behavior that they otherwise would not have engaged in,'' the lawsuit says.
``Borat'' follows the adventures of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh journalist charac After a bout of heavy drinking, the plaintiffs signed a release form they were told ``had something to do with reliability issues with being in the RV,'' Taillieu said.
The film ``made plaintiffs the object of ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community,'' the lawsuit said.
It names 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., and three production companies as defendants.
Studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant said the lawsuit ``has no merit.''
The plaintiffs were seeking an injunction to stop the studio from displaying their image and likeness, along with unspecified monetary damages.
``Borat'' debuted as the top movie last weekend with $26.5 million.
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from my window to yours
I love it! They been made the objects of ridicule and humiliation by ridiculing and humiliating others. It just doesn't get any better.
Why is it in today's society everyone wants to be on tv whether it be waving from the crowd at baseball game or committing crimes on "Cops" and letting the whole world see it forever? Or all these shitty reality shows?
"Fratboys Gone Stupid"
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Talk about ye who has not sinned throw the first stone...
I'm sure ya'll have NEVER said something about somebody else that you would not want repeated - much less in an fucking MOVIE!!!!!!
Sure, yeah - these frat fucks got what they deserved huh?????
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yes, these frat fucks got what they deserved.
no one forced them to be idiots, they just happened to agree to be on camera while doing so.
if you want to get into the disparity of the frat boy and the member of a fraternity then we can...frat boys are worthless pieces of garbage...these guys went back to "THE HOUSE" and talked about how awesome they are. i have no sympathy for people like that. i have never said something about someone that i didn't tell that person. in this situation, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. it isn't a matter of context.
from my window to yours
SO true. I was in a fraternity, some of the most fun i ever had. But i was never racist or sexist in any way, unless you think trying to pick up women is sexist.
i know the example is extreme, but they are blaming alcohol for their stupid behavior and thats a fucking cop out.
then they shouldn't have said it to a camera and then signed a release. sure, we all say stupid shit. but if you're so far gone that you do this... tough shit. as someone pointed out, you think every girl who's been in a girls gone wild video should be able to sue that guy?
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
suppose you had sex with a drunk girl at your frat party and she sued you for rape becos even though she said yes at the time, she was drunk. do you deserve to go to jail for that? these guys knew what they were doing and signed releases. they shouldnt get money becos they were acting like idiots when they were drunk. otherwise, id be a millionaire.
legally, a contract is not valid if you are drunk (it goes to the capacity element of those things which always have to be present to form a contract), but these guys weren't drunk, i would be on it, they just didn't read the contract...that's their problem, not sacha cohen's. NEVER SIGN SOMETHING WITHOUT READING IT.
from my window to yours
Thank you for offending me. I'm a member of a fraternity, graduated from college but still a member. To say frat boys are worthless pieces of garbage would be like me saying all hippie liberal douches smell like shit, which we all no is not true. Not ALL of them smell just some of them.
they got in with their parents money... this is a really fun story...
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I am 50/50 with you. To say "I hate frat boys because they are racist, sexist bigots" is frankly as bigoted and generalizing as the racist or the sexist. I was not in a frat, but new people. Most were OK. There were a couple of jerks, but then again, there were some jerks that were not in frats too.
But these guys got what they deserved. Not because they are "frat boys" but because they signed up for it.
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doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
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you should have used your college education to increase your reading comprehension because i said there is a disparity between the frat boy and the member of a fraternity. this difference has been "debated" her, at length before. i thought it was clearly obvious that i was making that distinction, and in my original post talked about "frat boys" as opposed to members of a fraternity. would you like to have the discussion about that disparity or now? or, is it understood?
from my window to yours
I think these guys are idiots and are wasting the court's time by suing but that example is like comparing apples to monkeys.
I see what you are saying: Fraternity members is not a negative, but "Frat Boy" is.
That still lends itself to the stereotype. Kind of reminds me of those people that say "there are black people, and there are n*****s" Then again, I'm "PC"
well, it's more like comparing apples on a tree, to burnt apples...the things are the same manifestations of behavior...one is just a more extreme form of the behavior. apples and monkeys are nothing alike, while being an idiot and raping a girl are just gradations of behaving in an undesirable way.
from my window to yours
Apples are small and can be placed in your brown bag lunch. Very convenient. But monkeys taste better.
(no I agree, it's a bad example because unlike rape, what they did was not illegal)
OH my...did you just compare people saying "frat boys" with people saying "Niggaz"? You did!
...oh dear.. that was funny
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...a lover and a fighter.
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Vancouver, BC. April 3rd, 2008
Calgary,AB. August 8th, 2009
hence the priveledged, unapologetic sterotype