Borat and the ‘Real Kazakhstan’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 11.14.06 | 8:55 PM ET
What do real Kazakhs make of Borat, the faux journalist claiming to be from Kazakhstan? “Those few Kazakhs who are aware of him are mainly from better-off families who can watch MTV (where Borat infamously hosted the 2005 Europe Music Awards),” writes John Noble on Lonely Planet. “Many people here realise that Sacha Baron Cohen’s target, through Borat, is not really Kazakhstan but prejudice wherever it occurs, and may feel that their government’s steps to counter Borat (such as revoking Cohen’s right to use the .kz website domain) have been unnecessary. But few feel that his insults to their country can be ignored indefinitely.”
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