Can someone explain Borat to me?

Question

I know Sacha Baron Cohen plays him and he isn't real but the movie,did all those people not know him?Were they actors?Also,when was it filmed because before this he did host the mtv awards...so?
Secondly,did those people know they were being filmed?What did the producers tell them was happening?

Answer 1

i guess he wasn't that big of an actor at the time, i think those people didn't know anything because they're filing law suits. I heard the producers told them it was a documentary about a euro. rich guy buying a car.

Answer 2

Sascha Cohen is a jewish man, who plays a Khazikstani.. and he does a great job of making Khazikstan seem irrelivant..

If you do a bit of research though.. you will find that during WW1-WW2 that the jewish controlled Russian Government ran an extermination camp in Khazikstan. YES before Hitler!!

THat's the only thing I can think of really.. the connection.. as to WHY he even exists.. WHY he even bothered and WHY Borat even made the screen when it is an utter disgrace and insult to all Khazikstanis.

I'm sure if someone came out with a send up of a Rabbi that there would be OUTRAGE!!

Anti-semetic laws would prevent it in any case..

But Khazikstan.. is open game apparently.. look into the history.. I stumbled upon it by chance and was a bit shocked really.. I had ot double check it.. but its fact.. I've seen pictures and personal anecdotes as they are becoming more availble now that the internet is here..

Answer 3

The segments in the movie, which were introduced with cryllic(?), and with English subtitle, were all actual people who did not know that Borat was really a set-up. For more, check out Da'AliG show on HBO or video.

Answer 4

The people knew they were being filmed but they were lied to about what would happen. Borat is a bore. Why a Jewish person would make fun of other Jewish people or anyone else for that matter, is beyond me. I can't figure out why anyone thinks that's funny.

Answer 5

Ii haven't even seen it, but here's a link to what you want to know:
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/11/10/guide_to_borat/index.html

Here's a sample:
The Scene: Borat goes to the rodeo
Where: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Va.

Borat arrives at the rodeo, with plans to sing the national anthem. The rodeo's producer, Bobby Rowe, helpfully advises Borat to shave his mustache, so as not to be mistaken for a Muslim. When Borat tries to kiss him on the cheek, Rowe tells him never to do that, that people might get the wrong impression that he's gay. After Borat declares, "We hang homosexuals in my country!" Rowe smirkingly responds: "That's what we're trying to do here."

Before launching into the anthem, Borat shrieks, "We support your war of terror" -- to thunderous applause. The crowd's enthusiasm tapers off as Borat voices his wish that "George W. Bush will drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq" and turns into all-out booing once Borat begins to sing the Kazakh national anthem -- during which point a horse, apparently spooked by the crowd, freaks out and falls to the ground with his flag-waving rider.

What happened: The event caused quite a stir. John Saunders, the Salem Civic Center's assistant director, told the Roanoke Times that if Borat and crew hadn't high-tailed it out of the arena, "There would have been a riot. They would have been killed."

Rowe told Salon that he'd agreed to let Borat sing, believing the story that Borat was a Kazakh journalist traveling across the country. Rowe says he requested a sample track, but was sent a blank CD. And what about those anti-gay comments? Rowe, who says he hasn't seen the film, didn't disavow them, but instead offered a curious rationale: "As long as [homosexuals] don't mess with me and get me involved, if that's their choice, just have at it. Just don't come in my household and try to demand, as they're doing now, all sorts of things. All this marriage and this mess. If you want to go live together, go live together, but don't drag everyone else into it. It's, like, before you could just pump your gas, but the thieves ruined it for everyone. Now everyone has to go pay for their gas first. Homosexuals, they want their rights for marriage and all this stuff, and they want respectability. If you want to live that life, live that life, but don't involve the whole rest of the country."
Is Rowe concerned about how he comes off in the film? "I'm not really worried about it," he says. "It can't be so bad that I can't survive. No one's coming and trying to eat me."

I think they were trying to make the Americans look silly- it's funny because they succeeded, and ironic because the movie is making millions at the box office!

Answer 6

Borat it an enigma in his time.
He has left many prominent people,like Andy Rooney,kicking themselves.
He is an actor,a comedian and an entertainer.
He is good at them all!

Answer 7

Both he and his alter ego are morons...too easy!