Do you think people are up in arms over "Borat" because some of the humor hits too close to home?

Question

You know we Americans aren't the most introspective people in the world to begin with.

La Vie: Borat can't be anti-semitic; Sacha Cohen, the actor who created Borat, is a Jew

Also, the movie doesn't make fun of women, it makes fun of the attitude towards women that still exists in many parts of Eastern Europe.

Lastly, thanks for proving my point. You're exactly the type of person I was talking about.

Answer 1

A possibility. But other than that, maybe they think he is just plain rude and making fun of folks in a cruel manner.

Answer 2

I don't think that it hits to close to home, but is more of an exaggeration of a culture that is not completely true. Of course it will piss some people off to be made fun of. Also, Sacha Cohen is an English actor not American so i don't think it can be an America inability to be introspective.

Answer 3

Almost certainly.

Sacha Baron Cohens idea behind Borat was to wind people up

Answer 4

I dont know. I think it was funny for the first five minutes but now its just old.

Not offensive, just old. Like Will Farrell or Adam Sandler.

Answer 5

His political humor strikes a nerve with some people.

Answer 6

There are just so many people out there with sand in their vagina. It's a freaking movie, it's a joke, get over yourself.

Answer 7

No way! He says right in it that he supports America's War of Terror. People just need to loosen up.

Answer 8

I totally agree with you 100 %

Answer 9

I've read about the movie and I found very little humour in it, it is racist and mocking and, most of all, absolutely disgusting. It doesn't only make fun of Americans, it makes fun of Jews, Kazakhs and women.

Answer 10

Maybe its because hes British.