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Borat spoof film banned in Russia
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| 11/09/2006
Posted on 11/08/2006 8:15:32 PM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
And it seems the Russian authorities are also not amused. Right....because, usually, they're a lighthearted, humorous lot.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:18:28 PM PST
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:19:21 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: edpc
" the distributors had the right to appeal against the government's decision."
I'm sure that's going to go well.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:20:39 PM PST
by
CaliPhant
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
The Russkies are terrified of thousands of Borat imitators running all over the place asking the populace why they drink so much vodka and refuse to bathe.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:23:30 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: struwwelpeter
"One Kazakh diplomat says that the depiction of his country as violent, primitive and oppressive bears no resemblance to reality."
You have recently visited the place for a few months. IIRC, from your first hand account the statement that the toilet paper is mostly unknown there even among the university teachers, proudly stands out. Thus on the "primitive" charge - guilty as charged, right?
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:29:18 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
Of course, the Russians are well known for their outrageous sense of humour...
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:39:46 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
They'd rather be selling nuclear technology to Iran, and weapons to Iran and Syria.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:43:44 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Vote GOP on Tuesday or suffer the consequences of knowing you helped the Dems win.)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:44:18 PM PST
by
OldCorps
To: GSlob
They have toilet paper, except on the train, and all the other conveniences of the modern world ;-)
Here's what a friend has to say about Borat's movie:
"I know about Borat. I saw his unofficial site and movies in Yahoo. In my opinion it's a campany in front of KZ's chiefing in OSCE in 2009. Also I think our abroad opposition supports this campany. I am angry with our Minisrty of Foreign Affairs for weak protests against Sacha Baron Cohen."
Hmmm... I was suspicious about the timing of Borat's movie myself.
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
Oh wowowow,we wow, the censors have determined that after a bit that the level of anti-semitism was wrong. After a complete re-edit, they determined it was just enough.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:47:44 PM PST
by
Malsua
To: struwwelpeter
Having toilet paper and knowing how to use it are two different things. I probably did not make myself clear. Decades ago a Kazakh group in the dorm was leaving yard long used strips strewn on the floor - that much I have seen myself.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:51:34 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: GSlob
When I was in a village in Siberia, they would take a dump in the outhouse, but place the used TP in a bucket by the bench to be burned.
Now THAT takes getting used to.
To: struwwelpeter
Cute. Cohen has been doing this Borat bit for a long time. It's apparently modeled after a Russian doctor he once met.
BTW, nice nic. My kids love those stories, although they are a bit morbid.
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To: Skog
"Russians drink much less vodka than you think they do."
You might have a point. Venedikt Erofeev, "Moskva-Petushki", wrote that in drinking mere vodka, even from the bottleneck, there is nothing beyond spiritual languor. See his chapter on cocktails. In my time I, a teenager at the time, discovered the purification of wood paint [morilka spirtovaya, uzhgorodskogo khimzavoda] to a barely drinkable condition - and since the knowledge belongs to the people, within 2 months that morilka brand disappeared from all Moscow hardware stores. It was about 10 times cheaper than vodka. And do not forget the colognes.
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posted on
11/08/2006 11:30:31 PM PST
by
GSlob
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To: Skog
"The more they change, the more they remain the same." Check the voltairean French for the original text, and learn to look beyond appearances.
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posted on
11/08/2006 11:46:57 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: struwwelpeter
Give it a month and the pirates will have the DVD available for about 50-60 Rubles on the streets of Moscow.
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posted on
11/08/2006 11:59:06 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
Time for Russia to get sexy time.......NOT!
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posted on
11/09/2006 12:02:46 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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