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Originally Posted by Ara T.
I dont think its funny because he makes fun of Kazakstan and Jews and Gypsies and black people ("chocolate faces"), I think it's funny because he made it big in this politically correct, fake BS world we live in and he says things no one else is willing to say, and shows how stupid and how strangely bigotted people can still be. It is refreshing that someone is not afraid to offend someone else. It may be sad, but that's what this culture has bred.
I mean come on, I witnessed a fellow classmate in my college English class get snapped at because he referred to a girl he didn't know as a "chick," to which one of those huge *****es, we all know the type, replied "'CHICK' ISN'T EXACTLY PC ANYMORE, HONEY!'" to which the fella replied, "...ok..." I could tell he was supressing a huge "I dont give a *****" crack.
And I'd find it funny if anyone who saw the film actually believed Kazakhs are actually as Borat portrays them.
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I'm not into pressuring people to be politically correct. 'Tsk, tsking' is obnoxious IMO.
OTOH, civility and mutual respect are good for uhhh... civilization.
OTOH, most all humor involves a bit of goring someone else's ox.
I dunno, I'm schizo about this stuff. Sometimes I think this kind of humor will eventually break down bogus barriers. And then I think it will just cement hostilities and divisions.