Kazkhstan: Knickers in a Twist over Borat
Kazakhstan, bastion of no sense of humor, is mad at Sacha Cohen, creator of Borat. Borat is one of Rabbi Yonah’s favorite characters, absolutely brilliantly funny, taking the piss out of everything and revealing so much about our own prejudices.
Kazakhstan got all upset last year at Borat’s claim that women are kept in cages, the the Kazakh national sport is shooting a dog and then having a party, that Kazkh wine is made from fermented horse urine and that it is customary for a man to grab another manâs khrum. According to Reuters and CNN’s Offbeat News, Kazakhstan may sue him.
“We do not rule out that Mr. Cohen is serving someone’s political order designed to present Kazakhstan and its people in a derogatory way,” Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashykbayev told a news briefing.
“We reserve the right to any legal action to prevent new pranks of the kind.” He declined to elaborate.
Of course, Kazakhstan has done some nice things for Jews. They recently made a really nice shul! Then again so did many dictatorships to show how
No, not Borat! How dare they!
Looks like now is a good time to make some mock-Borat videos don’t ya think?
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YES!