Wednesday, November 15, 2006


Arguably the most acclaimed movie of the year has come under fire from many of its participants after they realized they had been duped.

In "Borat," comedian Sacha Baron Cohen portrays his Kazakhstani alter-ego, a character he created for his UK Channel 4-turned-HBO series "Da Ali G Show." In his "adventures" across America, Borat interviews and pokes fun at people all across the country. Two of the people who participated in the movie were a pair of frat brothers who "made drunken, insulting comments about women and minorities" in front of the cameras. These young men are now suing the studio behind the production of "Borat," 20th Century Fox. I completely agree with the studio spokesmen when he says the the lawsuit "has no merit." If these guys could be so easily convinced to go out drinking, sign waivers to be put on camera, and say inappropriate things that are now being heard by audiences all over the country, I have a feeling this isn't the first time they've made comments that most would consider socially unacceptable. All of a sudden people see them being assholes on a big screen and now they come out and say they were basically "tricked" into getting drunk and acting like idiots. I find it hard to believe that these guys don't routinely go out drinking and certainly on occasion make tasteless comments regarding women or minorities. These two guys aren't being seen out of character, it's only because someone chose to put it in a movie for other people to see that they realize what kind of people they are and want retribution for the "defamation" that took place. It wasn't defamation, however, just a case of two people being called out in public for being complete jerks.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad you are writing again and that you are so wise! k

Anonymous said...

Your link to FanHome shows the old affiliation between FanHome and Scout.

Is it possible that you could link the new and independent fanhome?