Posted on 12/27/2006 8:36:11 AM PST by Quilla
Let's talk about Borat. I finally caught up with it at my local theater here in Rancho Mirage not long ago. It made me laugh a few times, but basically I hated it. Here's why.
1.) The auteur and star of the movie, Sacha Baron Cohen, is a Jew of high degree in England and now in Hollywood. But much of the movie is viciously anti-Semitic. This includes not just some but many "jokes" about killing Jews, about how Jews are the devil, about how Jews will kill for money, about how Jews are like cockroaches (the last a direct steal from Joachim Goebbels, who compared Jews with breeding rats and insects). This is in a world where we just lived through an anti-Semitic holocaust with the same themes and another is promised by the terrorists in Iran.
These are not funny jokes. These are really just old-fashioned sickening racism disguised as hipness. It's also a smug joke by Sacha Cohen which is basically his endlessly saying, "I hate Jews, too, even though I'm Jewish, and hey, I guess I don't look Jewish because I can say all these horrible Jew hatred things and no one says, 'Hey, what are you doing? You're a Jew.'"
It's repulsive.
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I'm Jewish and have no interest in seeing the movie. It's not the anti Semitism but his shtick is so lame. I gave this idiot a fair chance by seeing a few youtube videos of his.
But he is lame lame lame lame. Essentially recycled Polish jokes
Ben, you need to buy a clue.
Stein is totally wrong here but for what it's worth, Hitler apparently loved Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'. Chaplin later said that, had he known what was going on Germany at the time, he never would have made the film.
Chaplin didn't know what was going on in Germany? That is hard to believe.
Why do I not even remember this scene?
Americans come across well in this film - warm and remarkably tolerant of Borat's antics, if somewhat bemused.
Regards, Ivan
Right and the plight of Jews there was well known throughout the world since most were desperately trying to get out. Given Chaplin's communist connections I find it impossible to believe his comment.
No way have I ever intended to see this flick. It's just one more representation of the crap that comprise 99% of what Hollywood spews out these days. Not worth the time or money.
Go see Night At The Museaum instead, if you haven't already. It's a reminder of the good entertainment that a movie can still be....without all the racism, smut, nudity, language, violence, blood, gore or other Hollyweird trademarks of today.
I saw Borat. I laughed; I cried; it was much better than 'Cats'.
FYI.
He is supposed to be from Kazakhstan.
A former soviet republic (muslim).
A place where Russia liked to dump toxic waste.
Also know for the local practice of 'bride stealing'.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kz.html
Supposedly there is a scene where he makes fun of some born-agains. They believe him and want to save him.
He thinks it's funny.
There's a point in South Park???
who knew.
Not to my knowledge yet my two daughters (32 and 23) love S Park. I find it more than offensive but that's just me.
Vulgarity has its place if used with skill. Monty Python, Mel Brooks...
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