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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27This is a nice!! /Borat
- remove, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23To ilyag:
That's *****. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Kazakhstan inherited 1,400 nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union, and returned them all to Russia by 1995. They have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. - wizawuza, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19I think it's more that they're afraid that Americans won't understand that it's humor.
- illicium, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I like!
- happyfappy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Tight like man's anus!
- stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Damn straight. No matter what they say or do, it will only add to the hilarity. For Cohen, it can't get any sweeter.
I don't feel sorry for Kazakhstan though. The massive publicity has put them on the map, and that can only be a good thing. - Ub3rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Anyone have a link to the actual ad they ran?
- lopresmb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11calling people Kazakhs is quite alright. They don't mind. I've been to Kazakhstan, its a beautiful country - couple pictures I took:
http://web.mac.com/lopresmb/iWeb/Mark%27s%20Site/Favorite%20Photos_files/003_0A.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lopresmb/iWeb/Mark%27s%20Site/Favorite%20Photos_files/008_5.jpg
--and my Kazakh friend Timur :
http://web.mac.com/lopresmb/iWeb/Mark%27s%20Site/Favorite%20Photos_files/IMG_0019.jpg - Crimsoneer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Borat is King. Wawawiwaa! Happy times! ALthough I do understand the Kazakhs worries
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12correction: "she number one prostitute"
- NinjAlt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Their reaction is what damaged their image. Not the movie.
- bonked, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Now there is a country I want to visit - one that has no understanding of this thing called "humor."
- Cymrubeats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@john2kx: Don't you mean no americans had heard of kazakhstan before borat came along. Always remember, the maps used in other countries depict more than just north america on them. ;)
- Colbert, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9so sad that a country actually feels the need to defend itself against comedy. dont they have better uses for the money?
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7it's funny because people didn't even know Kazakhstan even existed before this movie.. And now they're trying to combat the image? I'd embrace it fully if I were them.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wow I excite! To visit for vacation!
- ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Borat's sister is only number four.
- john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5title should read "Kazakhs Kombat "Borat" Image..."
- modiggs1976, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Bad: Leader of Kazakhstan seems to have no sense of humor
Good: Kazakhstan, unlike US and A, is trying to improve its image. - CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6They need to stop whining.
- zouden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No, they are Kazakhs. The country is called Kazakhstan simply because it's where the Kazakhs live.
- BasouKazuma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The suffix "stan" means "land of". So it's Land of the Kazakhs, Land of the Pakis, etc. There are a lot of countries with that suffix.
- LexisNexis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We saw the trailer, your joke was poorly executed.
- kev1n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wouldn't that kind of be money wasted? I'd think that readers of the NYT and IHT would be better educated about the world than most newspapers.
- RyanJohnston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ilyaq:
How could people not know where Kazakhstan is? It is huge. It is a very important central Asian nation. If I recall properly, the Russians still launch their space missions from Kazakhstan. - Dutchmang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2First thing I thought too -- This has got to be a stunt by the producers.
BTW, Borat's sister is "number THREE prostitute in all Kazakhstan." She "number one with mouth." - B0jangles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2These play casettes.
- salivalnz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is it not a bit of an insult to people's intelligence to suggest that they can't work out the whole Borat thing is elaborate satire?
- analisau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I looked all over and couldn't find the ads themselves. But they are described here:
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003187151 - UberC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Free publicity. The studio couldn't have asked for anything better.
- grayghst83, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i don't understand why kazakhstan is making the big fuss over here. da ali g show has been around for years, with borat as one of the characters. not only that, sascha baron cohen is british! neither the show nor movie is american, but the majority of the publicity is being placed on us here in the states. are we americans too stupid to get that it's a joke?
- ericpp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Borat's response: http://www.borat.tv/response.htm :)
- Blizzardman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4So true, I was suprised to find out it was a real place =/.
- ebrandsberg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Riding on the coat-tails of humor can only help the tourism to this country. I think they have realized that (or the portrayal is too close to home), and are "protesting" in order to raise interest in their country. Tell me, at a bar talking to some chick, wouldn't it sound cool to be able to say "yes, I HAVE been to Kazakhstan" when talking about the movie? Also, I think they HAVE invited him to visit the country.
- thunderball, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"will i work with a light?"
- xtr3m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Am I the only one who thinks that this is all done by the movie's promotion team? Goverments just don't buy ad space in newspapers that are published on the other side of the globe.
Either way, I'm a huge fan of Borat and hope the movie becomes a great success! - jabbar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3she was voted #2 in oral sex by his city council
- thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4http://digg.com/videos_comedy/Borat_s_Guide_to_America
FYI just in case you're left in the dark... - stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -9/+10Well, that looks impressive, but everyone knows, by the time the donkey carts get the bombs to their targets the war will have ended.
- coheedcollapse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They need to remember that not everyone in the friggin world are idiots. We know he's fake, we know he's a comedian.
If they wanted to do the smart thing, they'd embrace it, hell, invite "Borat" to the country sometime so hang out. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And they're willing to spend as much as 40 kazakhs make in a year for a four page ad in a country that skips over advertisements
- qwame, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This has to be a promitional stunt. A country taking out an ad about the Borat movie would do nothing but draw more attention to the movie, especially to people who might not have heard about it, but would now go see the movie just see what the fuss is all about.
- pennyfan87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would think so...
Borat sister is voted number two prostitute in hole contry...it is not cheap.
but very nice! - jabbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i call myself paki.
- smcavoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1not really, its a "democratic" dictatorship. i.e. opposition leaders end up dead all the time.
So they have lots of time to worry about what people think of them... Gotta love how the Kazah president (who has lots of oil) meets with Bush where as Fidel Castro (who has little oil) is this evil figure... - stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3You are right megaloid, it really is in deplorable taste. We owe the Kasakhs a vodka and an apology... as soon as we can stop laughing. :^D
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is Timur lame?
- megaloid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This article reminds me of a passage from a book I read describing the history of derision and abuse by ethnic Russians against Kazakhs during the old Soviet Union. According to this book, the Russians had a habit of calling another Russian "Kazakh" when they did something stupid or absent-minded, sort of like "baka" (fool) in Japanese.
- BasouKazuma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Well at least this whole situation is making the Kazakh's think about their international image. They dont have one!
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