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KayCee · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject: Borat book too explicit to sell

Borat book too explicit to sell

LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - A new Borat book has been shelved because it contains 100 photographs of naked Kazakhstan women.

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who created the fictional reporter Borat, wants the book to accompany his new movie 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' - but US publishers fear stores will not sell it.

Cohen has reportedly hired models to pose as Kazakhstan women in various states of undress and some photographs are said to be extremely explicit.

British publisher Boxtree has agreed to release the book in the UK - where Cohen's Ali G book was a bestseller.

However, the Ali G book failed to sell in the US because it contained some rude photographs - and publishers fear the same thing will happen with the Borat book.

Kazakhstan Embassy spokesman Roman Vassilenko is furious with Cohen's depiction of women.

He fumed: "Kazakhstan is a moral country, and women have always played an important part in society. The only true thing about Kazakhstan in the movie is its geographic location."

Cohen - who only gives interviews as his alter-ego 'Borat' - recently told US chat show host David Letterman that one of his hobbies was, "taking photos of ladies while they make toilet".

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Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

A lot of people want to see the new movie and I would be curious to see it too. But I disagree with Cohen’s tactics. People interviewed said they were not aware of the final objectives for this interview and some did not realize (I do not know how but apparently they were not) and I disagree with such “trick or treating” tactics. From movie previews, some of the scenes are not classy at all and in the “dumb and dumber” style and that is like “whatever..” I will reserve any further judgment before I see the movie

saffron · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 2859 Location: Orange, Calf. USA

KayCee wrote:

Cohen - who only gives interviews as his alter-ego 'Borat' - recently told US chat show host David Letterman that one of his hobbies was, "taking photos of ladies while they make toilet".

(c) BANG Media International.

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I've seen a lot of Cohen's HBO comedy. And I have to say...I think he is the funniest comedian I've ever seen. When he is sayings like what you wrote above, it's because he is just staying in his character. He is portraying something. It makes you think.

He also has 2 other characters. One is a gay man. The other is Ali G. He was also on Madonna's "Music" video as her limo driver. He is in the beginning of the video.

I know that Muslims cannot stand him. And his name Ali G is an Arab name. I think he is an Arab Jew.

Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

The movie has so many offensive crude scenes. perverts

Hoss · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2539 Location: Cairo, Egypt

I got this movie on a CD,but still yet to watch it...

By just going through some of the scenes, I could say it has some shocking and rude ones :shock:

Hedgehog · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 5171 Location: UK

Why are people getting worked up about Borat......In the guise as Ali Gee he was every bit as bad.

He interviewed many well known people in'spoof' interviews, and it was not until they were part way through the interview they 'caught on'....

This world is getting too serious, and political correct

Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

Hedgy, have you seen the movie (not the show)?

Hedgehog · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 5171 Location: UK

Katrina wrote: Hedgy, have you seen the movie (not the show)?

No..........but he uses the same fomat as Ali Gee.....as in his shows

Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

You may want to see the movie first. From what I have heard, this format is taken way much further. Well, if one is comfortable with a lot of execessive nudity with some perverted twists...crude and rude…it offends a viewer like me for instance… I just think many points can be carried across without too much of explicit rudeness and crudeness.

Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

Hedgy

Just like his interview subjects, you may be caught into saying something you might not have been comfortable otherwise, meaning you may find the movie crude as well.

saffron · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 2859 Location: Orange, Calf. USA

Katrina wrote: The movie has so many offensive crude scenes. perverts
Yes, well I haven't seen it. But I am sure he is. I think he's hilarious, especially as Borat.

moll · Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 7676

I was at the cinema a few weeks ago just before Borat came out, and I saw the trailer for it.....it was just so unPC you had to laugh :shock:

But then I read in the paper that he's just exploited the people in the village in Rumania where they were filming, they were paid next to nothing and made to look like idiots and prostitutes and things like that, for what THEY thought was a documentary about their lives, and they're all extremely upset....and they're so poor most of them have never even made it to the nearest cinema 20 miles away.

So I'm not going to see it.

saffron · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 2859 Location: Orange, Calf. USA

moll wrote: I was at the cinema a few weeks ago just before Borat came out, and I saw the trailer for it.....it was just so unPC you had to laugh :shock:

But then I read in the paper that he's just exploited the people in the village in Rumania where they were filming, they were paid next to nothing and made to look like idiots and prostitutes and things like that, for what THEY thought was a documentary about their lives, and they're all extremely upset....and they're so poor most of them have never even made it to the nearest cinema 20 miles away.

So I'm not going to see it.
Yes he does that to everyone he "interviews". He comes to the States and interviews famous people; like Andy Rooney from 60 minutes. And I heard even Donald Trump got it. I saw the Andy Rooney interview, and he got really mad at Borat. Except that he wasn't in his Borat character. He was in his Ali G character. That is what is so funny (to me anyway). He gets these people to interview and it's just a joke. But they take it so seriously.

There was one HBO video where he is in his Borat character and he actually goes on interview for jobs here in he midwest. He makes a lot of sexist comments. And the interviewer tells him "have you ever heard of a law suit?" And he says "NO" and then asks the interviewer "if I get this job, can I put a camera in the women's bathroom?" And the interviewer says "no". And Borat says "WHAAAT!" as if he can barely believe it. And says "WHY NOT?!" And the interveiwer says "here in the U.S. men and women are equal". And Borat yells..."WHOOOOT!?". He's so believable that it makes you laugh.

My stepmother and I were rolling on the sofas laughing and rewinding the scenes. I loved it. :lol:

saffron · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 2859 Location: Orange, Calf. USA

Does anybody else want to hear more about Borat? :?: I've seen a lot of him.
:shock:

moll · Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 7676

Well.........I don't really have a problem with him making famous people/celebrities look like idiots, half of them deserve it :D

But the people in the village that he was using for his location (Rumania but supposed to be Kazakhstan) are SO poor, and they definitely seem to have been just used by him, and now their faces are on cinema screens all over the world with people p*ing themselves laughing at them, I think that's bad :twisted:

Famous people put themselves up for publicity, they can't expect that it's all going to be good and they're getting paid for it....but ordinary people don't deserve to be used like that (I don't think so anyway)

He's funny....but I don't think you have to take advantage of people to be funny.