The Reason behind "Borat"

MrBrian
MrBrian Posts: 2,672
edited November 2006 in A Moving Train
I think cohen (the actor playing borat) developed this chracter to prove that people hate jews,

Like he's trying to prove a point. anyone else think so?
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    is he jewish?

    I didnt care for the movie
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    MrBrian wrote:
    I think cohen (the actor playing borat) developed this chracter to prove that people hate jews,

    Like he's trying to prove a point. anyone else think so?

    Would you say it's a profound point?

    i couldn't help it.
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  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    MrBrian wrote:
    I think cohen (the actor playing borat) developed this chracter to prove that people hate jews,

    Like he's trying to prove a point. anyone else think so?

    I have not seen the movie. But I suspect he also wanted to make money.
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  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    jlew24asu wrote:
    is he jewish?

    I didnt care for the movie

    Sacha Baron Cohen is a British Jew. I believe he wrote his thesis at Cambridge on the role of Jews in the American Civil Rights Movement, specifically the Jewish civil rights activists who were murdered in Mississippi. Mississippi Burning was based on the incident. Wiki him for the info, I think there are links in the article's sources.
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  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    VictoryGin wrote:
    Would you say it's a profound point?

    i couldn't help it.

    That point was profound like a motherfucker.
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  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    That point was profound like a motherfucker.

    Cracka please!
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    That point was profound like a motherfucker.

    finally! i have discovered the profound point!
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  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    VictoryGin wrote:
    finally! i have discovered the profound point!

    if you say the word "profound" to yourself over and over long enough, it loses all meaning. much like the original poster's point, i guess.
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  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    I can't really say what his point was but there were a couple of scenes that pissed me off in that movie


    Let me clarify. There were a couple of reactions by people that pissed me off.
  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    jlew24asu wrote:
    is he jewish?

    I didnt care for the movie

    well he was speaking hebrew the entire movie.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,002
    MrBrian wrote:
    I think cohen (the actor playing borat) developed this chracter to prove that people hate jews,

    Like he's trying to prove a point. anyone else think so?


    there's no reason to this movie other than to make you laugh.
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    there's no reason to this movie other than to make you laugh.

    I just don't think that's the case,
  • mumi
    mumi Posts: 662
    Hey, they are making a big fuzz over here about that movie...
    I'm realizing that you have NO idea how the world see your country, do you?
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  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    I dont know who uspet me more.

    The cowboy who wanted to hang homosexuals REALLY pissed me off. I couldnt believe that shit. (Figure of speech, I could believe it)

    The frat boys...man...dont even get me started on thos assholes


    But another part of the movie had me thinking a lot. The subway train scene. The way the one guy reacted when Borat tried to introduce himself was a disgusting display of machismo. He actually threatened violence on someone who introduced himself, and tried to shake his hand while giving him a quick kiss on the cheek...something that is done throughout various cultures. Good lord man, chill the fuck out.
  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    icarus wrote:
    and to get back on topic, the guy who plays borat has stated that his intention was to show how people can be anti-semitic and racist when their guard is let down, .


    exactly!

    My point proven.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    He actually threatened violence on someone who introduced himself, and tried to shake his hand while giving him a quick kiss on the cheek...something that is done throughout various cultures.

    So, if I were to take a trip to Europe and start trying to kiss people on the cheek, I would not get my lights punched out?
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:


    But another part of the movie had me thinking a lot. The subway train scene. The way the one guy reacted when Borat tried to introduce himself was a disgusting display of machismo. He actually threatened violence on someone who introduced himself, and tried to shake his hand while giving him a quick kiss on the cheek...something that is done throughout various cultures. Good lord man, chill the fuck out.
    dude u dont go up to random people and jsut say hi in this day in age. also u have to be a cazy do to that on a nyc train
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  • sponger
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    metsfan531941 wrote:
    dude u dont go up to random people and jsut say hi in this day in age. also u have to be a cazy do to that on a nyc train

    fucken eh. I don't care what culture does it; nobody kisses me on the cheek. It's sort of a double standard to expect that I obey his culture when he is not obeying my culture. When americans visit the middle east they abide by arab customs. When cheek-kissing dudes come to america, they should do the same. What all you sissy europeans keep forgetting is that Hitler bent all of you over and took your fucken manhood. Your ultra-liberal lifestyles let that happen. It's easy to talk shit about our intolerance when deep down you know that the US will bail your assess out when the next ruthless dictator comes along.

    FUck all of you european liberal motherfuckers. Fuck all of you to hell. Pick up a gun and learn how to fight a fucken war for once. Our guys are are getting blown to pieces because you stupid shitheads like it in the ass.
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  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    sponger wrote:
    So, if I were to take a trip to Europe and start trying to kiss people on the cheek, I would not get my lights punched out?


    I didnt say that. What I said is that in some cultures it is accpeted as a polite way to introduce one's self. Obviously this is not practiced throughout all of europe but I'm sure it is practiced in some areas. What uspest me was that a person who is new to the country and simply trying to introduce themselves to other people was greeted with hostility and threats of violence. I'm just saying people need to calm donw a bit.
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    dude u dont go up to random people and jsut say hi in this day in age. also u have to be a cazy do to that on a nyc train

    No kidding. Pretty sad though
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    I didnt say that. What I said is that in some cultures it is accpeted as a polite way to introduce one's self. Obviously this is not practiced throughout all of europe but I'm sure it is practiced in some areas. What uspest me was that a person who is new to the country and simply trying to introduce themselves to other people was greeted with hostility and threats of violence. I'm just saying people need to calm donw a bit.

    That movie is directed at americans. It's designed to set us apart as being intolerant and naive. The reality of the situation is that he could walk into any "tolerant" and "liberal" country and say the same shit and get the same reactions.
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