warpedskydiver 0 #1 October 12, 2006 'Borat' Defends Portrayal of Kazakhstan Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:44 PM EDT The Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The comedian known as "Borat" appeared briefly in Amsterdam Thursday, praising the city's freewheeling nightlife and defending his portrayal of the central Asian country of Kazakhstan. Borat boasted of picking up a date at a popular Amsterdam bar known as a gay meeting place. "This woman reminded me of Kazakhi woman, she was more tall than me, with hair on arms, and some hair on face, and deep voice," he told the Dutch press. Borat Sagdiyev, played by British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, has been criticized as a homophobic, misogynistic, English-mangling caricature — the very traits that endear him to fans of his satire. Kazakhstan's government placed four-page advertising inserts in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune last month, countering Borat's portrayal of the ex-Soviet country as a backward place. Borat said Thursday the ads were placed by agents of neighboring Uzbekistan and threatened to "commence bombardment of their cities with our catapults," if they do not stop. In reality, Kazakhstan profiles itself as a forward-looking pro-Western nation, with double-digit economic growth and immense oil reserves. Last month, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with U.S. President George W. Bush to discuss economic ties. Borat claimed that the true aim of Nazarbayev's trip was to promote Cohen's new film, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Quote He is funny as can be and Ali G wasn't too bad either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #2 October 12, 2006 Is the movie out, yet? If so, is it any good? I've seen a few internet video clips of this guy, and he seems very funny.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #3 October 12, 2006 eh, seems like yakov smirnoff all over again.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #4 October 12, 2006 You can not buy that sort of advertsingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites McDuck 0 #5 October 12, 2006 Why did a post about a movie based on a fictional character of Sacha Baron Choen's get put in Speaker's corner? Fingers off the triggers, mods. Sheesh. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lickablecode 0 #6 October 12, 2006 I hate Kazakhstan. There. Now it can stay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #7 October 12, 2006 QuoteYou can not buy that sort of advertsing Um...actually they did.(not so much the makers of the movie,but the gov't of kazakhstan did.) And of course with the right spin anything can be funny enough to talk about at the water cooler.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stumpy 284 #8 October 12, 2006 Borat is good - i still think his old character had the edge though. Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jakee 1,489 #9 October 12, 2006 Quote Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Surely they weren't more hardcore than the West Staines Massive?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mr2mk1g 10 #10 October 13, 2006 Personally I like his website: http://www.borat.tv/ It's a masterpiece of early 90's tasteless web-design. Splendid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #11 October 13, 2006 QuoteBorat is good - i still think his old character had the edge though. Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Dat Wod Be ALI G in Da HOUSE Sasha Cohen is also in the Ricky Bobby Movie as the French DriverYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casurf1978 0 #12 October 13, 2006 QuoteIs the movie out, yet? If so, is it any good? I've seen a few internet video clips of this guy, and he seems very funny. You have to catch The Ali G show on HBO if you have cable. Try to find the episode where Ali G goes to the UN and interviews Butros-Butros Gali. Here's some more info on him. http://www.boratonline.co.uk/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Frenchy68 0 #13 October 13, 2006 As seen tonight on soccernet.com! Kazakhstan to blame for Brits' mishaps! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites n23x 0 #14 October 15, 2006 From the Harvard commencement speech: "But dere is other fings - look at de state of family today - girls is havin sex at younger ages, dere's an increase in absentee fathers and more and more people is havin affairs - but we shouldn't just concentrate on de good fings.Believing in something is easy. Actually doing something is harder. Actions speak louder dan birds. 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StreetScooby 5 #2 October 12, 2006 Is the movie out, yet? If so, is it any good? I've seen a few internet video clips of this guy, and he seems very funny.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #3 October 12, 2006 eh, seems like yakov smirnoff all over again.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #4 October 12, 2006 You can not buy that sort of advertsingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McDuck 0 #5 October 12, 2006 Why did a post about a movie based on a fictional character of Sacha Baron Choen's get put in Speaker's corner? Fingers off the triggers, mods. Sheesh. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lickablecode 0 #6 October 12, 2006 I hate Kazakhstan. There. Now it can stay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #7 October 12, 2006 QuoteYou can not buy that sort of advertsing Um...actually they did.(not so much the makers of the movie,but the gov't of kazakhstan did.) And of course with the right spin anything can be funny enough to talk about at the water cooler.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #8 October 12, 2006 Borat is good - i still think his old character had the edge though. Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,489 #9 October 12, 2006 Quote Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Surely they weren't more hardcore than the West Staines Massive?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #10 October 13, 2006 Personally I like his website: http://www.borat.tv/ It's a masterpiece of early 90's tasteless web-design. Splendid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 October 13, 2006 QuoteBorat is good - i still think his old character had the edge though. Especially when he went to the US and got in with some of the gangs Dat Wod Be ALI G in Da HOUSE Sasha Cohen is also in the Ricky Bobby Movie as the French DriverYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casurf1978 0 #12 October 13, 2006 QuoteIs the movie out, yet? If so, is it any good? I've seen a few internet video clips of this guy, and he seems very funny. You have to catch The Ali G show on HBO if you have cable. Try to find the episode where Ali G goes to the UN and interviews Butros-Butros Gali. Here's some more info on him. http://www.boratonline.co.uk/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #13 October 13, 2006 As seen tonight on soccernet.com! Kazakhstan to blame for Brits' mishaps! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n23x 0 #14 October 15, 2006 From the Harvard commencement speech: "But dere is other fings - look at de state of family today - girls is havin sex at younger ages, dere's an increase in absentee fathers and more and more people is havin affairs - but we shouldn't just concentrate on de good fings.Believing in something is easy. Actually doing something is harder. Actions speak louder dan birds. " .jim"Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
