Monday, March 9, 2009

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Apology)


Hey Guys, I decided to write a topic about british actor(comedian) Sacha Baron Cohen's movie.
As most of you know, it is a documentary comedy film starring the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the role of a fictitious Kazakh journalist travelling through the United States and recording real-life interactions with Americans. So Basically, according to his plot, Kazakhstan sends him to US for cultural learnings of America for benefit of Kazakhstan. For those of you who did not watch this movie i recommend to click the link on the right.
Frankly, I think he should apologize for his actions in front of the whole nation. He was just making fun of my country. First, people playing in his movie do not even look like Kazakhs, second his accent sounds like old Russian accent, not kazakh. Third, Kazakhstan is a completely different country, He Didn't even visit my land. When his friend "Azamat Bogatov" came to USC for conference, one of my friends asked him "Why they chose Kazakhstan", and he just said that it was a random choice. Plus, there is no name like "BORAT" in kazakh language :)
On the other hand, I support him, because that guy is smart. He became very popular now hanging out with celebrities, spending thousands of euros, because he filmed a movie about the country that is really unknown to US. It is a very unique idea. Additionally, our government was trying to sue him, but no action was taken, because when he makes fun of our president he replaces his name by another one and leaves his last name as it is. It is like saying "Michael Bush".
Surprisingly, our tourism has grown up dramatically in recent years. I saw many americans in Kazakhstan this summer, and I couldn't find a ticket to come back here for fall semester because every ticket was sold out. :)
I have attached his movie trailer and a real representation about Kazakhstan. Hope you enjoy it !
Chenqui :)

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