tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6599523454989460037..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Boring BoratIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74513285829810007422007-05-18T16:09:00.000+01:002007-05-18T16:09:00.000+01:00I think the problem with the anti-semitic scenes i...I think the problem with the anti-semitic scenes is that they are too "safe". Like ooooooh, lets get some dumb American frat boys to make dumb anti-semitic comments. Neither daring, nor challenging, nor funny. All it would do is allow too many people in the UK where anti-semitism is much more common than in the US to feel smug and superior to those stupid racist yanks. <BR/><BR/>Those scenes would have been much more daring if Cohen had gone to Cairo, or Gaza, or Riyadh, and hoodwinked some real anti-semites into making asses of themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57368314459522995112007-05-17T12:49:00.000+01:002007-05-17T12:49:00.000+01:00Was the humour a bit complex Iain? maybe some good...Was the humour a bit complex Iain? maybe some good old fashioned slapstick would be better, rather than clever parodies of anti-semitism...oh dear.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755490516141328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74129305316301692962007-05-17T07:36:00.000+01:002007-05-17T07:36:00.000+01:00Remittance Movie Rule Of Thumb No94: British tv co...Remittance Movie Rule Of Thumb No94: British tv comedy does not translate well to the big screen (even the good stuff).<BR/><BR/>Remittance Personal Opinion: Mr Baron-Cohen is not really that funny, though he does have the odd moment.The Remittance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104149259707414863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43498900558137164922007-05-16T20:41:00.000+01:002007-05-16T20:41:00.000+01:00Dear dear Iain, lighten up! The whole thing was de...Dear dear Iain, lighten up! The whole thing was designed to show how stupid anti-Semites are. And why did you pay to watch it? Haven't you heard of Bittorrent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64754245436134553942007-05-16T15:31:00.000+01:002007-05-16T15:31:00.000+01:00Seems a shame two people have quoted that pretenti...Seems a shame two people have quoted that pretentious, ugly fool Mark Kermode.<BR/>Incidentally, he and another Mark, Viduka, were surely separated at birth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14384882141134844422007-05-16T13:49:00.000+01:002007-05-16T13:49:00.000+01:00I sympathise Iain. It sounds just like the rest o...I sympathise Iain. It sounds just like the rest of his stuff. Looks funny when you see a 10 second clip but dire when you watch the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36916826100524210772007-05-16T13:43:00.000+01:002007-05-16T13:43:00.000+01:00The state of Israel has come to an agreement with ...The state of Israel has come to an agreement with the UN - the same UN that ignores Israel's non-compliance with UN resolutions - that the state of Israel must remain racially pure. For that reason, any black refugees who turn up in Israel from Darfur or Somalia or anywhere else will be turned over to the UN who will redistribute them to non-racially pure countries who, at the instigation of their resident Jewish communities, are condemned to be multicultural. Multiculturalism is a fate that must be avoided by Israel at all costs. With Borat, as with most other laboured points made by the Jewish community, its a case of 'it takes one to know one'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69034806054294970052007-05-16T13:39:00.000+01:002007-05-16T13:39:00.000+01:00Jagshemash!My movie film is great sucess. I like!...Jagshemash!<BR/><BR/>My movie film is great sucess. I like!<BR/><BR/>Tomorrow I go to the Running of the Jew. Great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91415687561548930722007-05-16T13:13:00.000+01:002007-05-16T13:13:00.000+01:00Just shows how out of touch the Political elites a...Just shows how out of touch the Political elites are with the common riff-raff.<BR/><BR/>When I watched the film at a full cinema, there was a lot of laughter throughout.<BR/><BR/>The "Jewish scenes" mocked the shallowness of anti-semites and showed them up for what they are.<BR/><BR/>As for being PC Iain, you questioned whether you should "out" yourself as having seen Borat, such self-censorship suggests you are already totally PC...Snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18680153394360189722007-05-16T11:50:00.000+01:002007-05-16T11:50:00.000+01:00I fully realise that he is jewish. That doesn't me...I fully realise that he is jewish. That doesn't mean that I can't disagree with what he did.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16844346391075438862007-05-16T11:47:00.000+01:002007-05-16T11:47:00.000+01:00Way off the mark Iain - the man's Jewish! The whol...Way off the mark Iain - the man's Jewish! The whole point was to expose and undermine the anti-semitism that does exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1462538136064881252007-05-16T11:34:00.000+01:002007-05-16T11:34:00.000+01:00Maybe I'm getting old but I find "Borat" like "Sei...Maybe I'm getting old but I find "Borat" like "Seinfeld" and "The Office" about as funny as an open grave.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23578947775410070532007-05-16T11:06:00.001+01:002007-05-16T11:06:00.001+01:00Im never sure what to make of you Iain. Your mothe...Im never sure what to make of you Iain. Your mother/son relationship with Ann Widdecombe worries me, but I have overlooked it. <BR/><BR/>But this: 'the jewish scenes were a disgrace.'<BR/><BR/>You really are 'disgusted' of Tunbridge Wells.<BR/><BR/>What a ridiculous comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63891684878914422462007-05-16T11:06:00.000+01:002007-05-16T11:06:00.000+01:00Iain, I thought it was one of the funniest (and sc...Iain, I thought it was one of the funniest (and scariest) films I can recall seeing. I am amazed that you can apparently have watched it without appreciating that its main theme was not Borat but the reactions of many Americans to him. It is a profoundly anti-racist (anti-anti-Semitic) film.antifrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211299136528160895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15819393623814405012007-05-16T10:59:00.000+01:002007-05-16T10:59:00.000+01:00Films are good in inverse proportion to the amoun...Films are good in inverse proportion to the amount of publicity they receive. Borat must have had the largest publicity budget of any film this decade so it was bound to be bad. I believe the same same applies to books and reality tv stars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6126894909459273932007-05-16T09:23:00.000+01:002007-05-16T09:23:00.000+01:00I thought it was mediocre but still vastkly bette...I thought it was mediocre but still vastkly better than most of the mantable comedy outputNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56721009000269523212007-05-16T07:56:00.000+01:002007-05-16T07:56:00.000+01:00You're not the only one, but I only wasted 15 minu...You're not the only one, but I only wasted 15 minutes before I hit the eject button.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15351353243127527112007-05-15T23:02:00.000+01:002007-05-15T23:02:00.000+01:00Just a second run that past me again Borat's jewis...Just a second run that past me again Borat's jewish so therefore he can't be anti-jewish?<BR/><BR/>Um so what about all those English Guardianistas who really despise just about everything to do with England and the English.<BR/><BR/>Now I don't know if Borat is anti-jewish or not as I've never seen more than a couple of minutes of his show but to say that someone with a jewish background can't be anti-jewish just strikes me as being absurd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85076269414054819582007-05-15T22:56:00.000+01:002007-05-15T22:56:00.000+01:00Why am I not surprised!Why am I not surprised!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64247078156638271242007-05-15T22:37:00.000+01:002007-05-15T22:37:00.000+01:00david cameron went to see it and thought it was hi...david cameron went to see it and thought it was hilariousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82695752544699777072007-05-15T22:27:00.000+01:002007-05-15T22:27:00.000+01:00Ironically Iain, Mark Kermode thought pretty much ...Ironically Iain, Mark Kermode thought pretty much the same as you did - except that he loved the Jewish jokes and thought they were the only artistically noteworthy thing in the film.<BR/><BR/>As you're a Germanist, I'd recommend watching the German-dubbed version. (I was in Dresden when it was released so I didn't have much choice.) It's hilarious listening to the bloke trying to do Borat's accent in German, even if the film itself is awful.Jonny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78472446643816205422007-05-15T21:53:00.001+01:002007-05-15T21:53:00.001+01:00What is a "DVD"?What is a "DVD"?deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74510021829551582512007-05-15T21:53:00.000+01:002007-05-15T21:53:00.000+01:00I agree that the movie was not very funny if only ...I agree that the movie was not very funny if only because it was incredibly predictable - it did parody racism/sexism/anti-semitism, it just didn't do it very well. <BR/><BR/>My real problem is that it has in effect diverted serious attention away from Nazarbayev's very nasty and corrupt regime in Kazakhstan - perhaps some a more telling (and humourous) tale about Kazakhstan is how Nazabayev is reported to have ordered a new bigger 747 when after a visit to the US he found that he had a smaller 747 than Clinton or how the Central Bank staff car park had 20+ Mercedes even though no employee was officially earning more than $200 per month.<BR/><BR/>The treatment of ethnic Russians and Germans (sent there by Stalin) in Kazakhstan has been nothing short of deplorable.tory boys never grow uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172736984147732661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67119117879632215932007-05-15T21:48:00.000+01:002007-05-15T21:48:00.000+01:00Actually I agree with Iain here. I saw the film at...Actually I agree with Iain here. I saw the film at the cinema and felt like walking out when I saw the Jewish jokes, what stopped me was that Sasha Baron Cohen is himself Jewish and I appreciate he was trying to be postmodern, but I just felt very uncomfortable and bothered by what he was doing. It still was not a film I particually likedPaul Burginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50906975145185871752007-05-15T21:30:00.000+01:002007-05-15T21:30:00.000+01:00Yup, it was crap. I agree.Yup, it was crap. I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com