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Re: Borat
with reference to the first article Sean referred to, and i have yet to see the film myself, but its from the Daily Mail (which kinda says it all to me)
Now, if you like me, despise the Daily Mail and all it stands for then you will realise that it is quite possible that the Mail has set out to 'Do A Hatchet Job' on Cohen, because you see, the people that Cohen tends to take the piss out of and others like him (the Jackass crowd for example) tend to be not to disimilar to typical Daily Mail Readers...
now that is kind of a generalisation, but the Daily Mail / Mail On Sunday and its readers have no sense of humour at all and if there is any way that they can take something that people are enjoying and having fun with and turn upon it and campaign against it, they will...
I would not believe a word of any article printed by the Mail, and if they did indeed go to Kahzastan and interview this man, they had a reason themselves, to sell their newspaper with a sorded story, and in doing so have also humiliated this man, imho. (bet they paid him for it too...!)
anyway, from what i've heard its a very funny movie and anyone who seriously thinks anyone has been harmed in making it is seriously missing the point...
lets also not forget Cohen has left in all the bits that are funny and the bits where he was NOT discovered as an impersonator, but all of the parts where he was exposed - well they are not in the film, because they are not funny.... how many people actually turned round and said to him you can't do this and you can't say that - its probably been very heavily editted to show the buffoons and idiots - because that is the funny part
and i'm not sure but i thought that before you publically showed someone's image from secret filming you had to get their permission... and as such anyone who performed either with prior permission or agreed to the filming after the event unfortunately will not have a leg to stand on in court (correct me if i'm wrong on this)
still i can't wait to catch this movie...
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