The first Borat movie, titled Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, which was released in , initially elicited criticism from government officials. Some people are deeply outraged and say that the film is a lie because it was shot in Romania, not Kazakhstan. Fominova noted that, because of Borat, foreigners often laugh at Kazakhstan as they believe the movie reflects reality. She said she had come across this reaction herself during a trip to the US, which she said was unpleasant, but added she would not hold it against the filmmakers.
Borat cannot spoil this image even more. By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska. Published On 25 Oct Kazakh society, however, remains divided. My relationship with Borat began before he made the leap to the big screen. While I was working for the British Council in Kazakhstan as a public relations manager in the early s, I read in the newspaper about a Kazakh character on a British TV show.
I asked a colleague if she knew who he was — she was a volunteer from the UK, who helped me every month to proofread our newsletter.
I shrugged. About a year later I was in the UK for the first time. Frankly, I found it For me, their creator, Sacha Baron Cohen, is a talented workaholic with a serious message. Another friend of mine, a Cambridge university professor, told me that Baron Cohen was a graduate of the university, and I came to realise the intellectual heft behind his work. A number of my colleagues from throughout the Kazakh media world, including top executives, confessed to me that they also watched Borat on Da Ali G Show, and saw the character as a PR opportunity.
We wanted Baron Cohen to make the show in the real Kazakhstan. We were in agreement that we Kazakhs should be grateful for any promotion he gave our country. I even offered an — admittedly facetious — idea to recognise Borat as a Kazakh citizen, to give him an ID and tax him. But not all Kazakhs felt that way. Just a year ago, I met a Kazakh fitness instructor who worked at a gym in New York City when the Borat film was released in And our guy very much wanted to beat the actor up, because he was outraged by the portrayal of Kazakhstan.
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