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...Bigotry as Comedy Joel Stein's story on comedian Sasha Baron Cohen's movie Borat stated that "any normal person over 35 is going to find [Baron Cohen's character] Borat horrifying" [Nov. 6]. I disagree; I'm 37, and although I thought the film was as vulgar and far removed from political correctness as you can get, I was not horrified. It is an absolutely brilliant satirical look at global prejudice and unquestionably the funniest movie in years. I seriously doubt you have to be under or over a certain age to know a sharp work of satire...
...Baron Cohen criticizes all the things Borat pretends to admire and uses Borat's faked attitudes and stories to reveal the hidden resentments within the people he encounters. As a Jew, Baron Cohen carries Borat's anti-Semitism to the extreme, thus making a laughingstock of it while also revealing the bigotry of the unsuspecting people he is fooling. Borat's imaginary Kazakhstan serves the same purpose. He is making fun not of Kazakhs but of arrogant, ignorant Westerners who overrate their own cultures. Dominik Mauer Augsburg, Germany...
...power of those who would inflict more. Brad Jarvis Arvada, Colorado, U.S. Throughout history, great men with vision and courage have stood alone in the face of political opposition. Hurrah for the Lone Ranger! John Wiedersatz Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. Bigotry As Comedy Joel Stein's story on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's movie Borat stated that "Any normal person over 35 is going to find [Baron Cohen's character] Borat horrifying" [Nov. 6]. I disagree; I'm 37, and although I thought the film was as vulgar and far removed from political correctness...
...country have filled movie theaters to laugh off their worries about this seeming “clash of civilizations” by going to see the new movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Starring Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles, best known for his work as a writer on “Seinfeld,” “Borat” resonates so much with audiences because of the West’s unease about Muslim cultural attitudes...
...unlikely that Sacha Baron Cohen designed his Borat character in order to capitalize on this anxiety. He introduced the character several years ago on “Da Ali G Show,” before Islam had become a major part of the political discourse. But if America were not mired in Iraq and if Muslim relations with the West and the War on Terror—or as Borat calls it, the “War of Terror”—were not so important, “Borat” would not have sold as many...