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Kazakhstan strikes back at Borat [VIDEO]
September 27, 2006 |
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Q: What's the best way to get people to think your country is all about bestiality, incest, Jew-hatred and women-as-chattel?
A: Get all bent out of shape because Borat (aka: Sasha Cohen, aka Ali G) has a popular, buffoonishly satirical character, based on stereotypes of Eastern Europeans -- including those above.
For example: A $40-50 million film, according to Michelle Collins:
"[E]ntitled Nomad, will follow the journey of a warrior (who loves chickens and prostitutes) 'born to unite the Kazakh tribes and free them from the Jungar occupiers of western Mongolia,' i.e. Sleepless in Seattle 2."Or: Placing a 4-page ad in the NY Times promoting all the ways in which Kazakhstan, a nation seldom on the radar of even the most geographically-astute U.S. citizens. Of course, they're more interested in remaining an oil-rich nation in good standing with history's largest military than in general PR...
"In the last 15 years, there has not been a single case of a newspaper or television station harassing the followers of any particular faith ... there is an overall atmosphere of tolerance and understanding of all faiths in our society." (Bestweekever)
Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.
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