As a Kazakh, I was attracted by the title when the first film came out. However, when I watched it for the first time, it caused my disgust. Their words and deeds contain innocence and directness.
When I watched it for the second time, I put aside national emotions and tried to understand the meaning of the film, and found that I liked this film. The images of "Kazakhstan" and Porat in the film are clearly barbaric. Ignorance, put into American society but can resonate with many aspects of American society and many people, anti-Semitism, anti-civilization, extremely patriarchal, stupid, lewd and vulgar, Borat can find himself in the same way everywhere. People, it can be said that Porat’s image originated from the United States. There was a comment that this movie is a collision of two civilizations. In fact, it is a civilization from beginning to end. It can be said that the United States meets the United States. Thought of the deconstruction of American society.
It can be said that it has nothing to do with Kazakhstan. The real bridges of the whole film about Kazakhstan are the map, the country name, and several names: the name of the former president: Nazarbayev, in the variety show "Between the Cities" previously broadcast by CCTV. The names of several hosts: Porat and Azamat, and one more sentence: How are you (how are you)? In addition, there is no element of Kazakhstan. The people's words are the appearance of the Mediterranean, the small country in the former Soviet Union, and the language does not know what language it is. The image of this country itself is the United States' imagination of a small remote country. It is also a tool for Cohen to use their ignorant image to paralyze certain stupid Americans and expose them to their true colors. It is not Porat who runs naked in a bikini in this movie, but is actually the United States.
In short, this movie is humorous, vulgar and nonsensical, and it also contains a deep reflection on society. There is also an American drama similar to this one. This is the United States.
Off-topic: It is said that after the first movie of this movie was released, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the people in Kazakhstan, and it was banned by Russia and other countries, but at the time President Nazarbayev did not ban it.
When the second film was released, Mr. Na, who had been the top leader for 30 years, retired. The successor does not know if it is banned.
Harbin athletes competed outside, and some Americans took 100 US dollars in an attempt to have a relationship with a female athlete, which resulted in conflict.
Kazakhstan athletes won the gold medal in Qatar. When they played the national anthem, they played Borat's spoofed version of the national anthem. The female athlete did not notice the whole process, and listened to the entire lyrics with her hands on her chest. Since then, the country has introduced a policy that athletes must play the national anthem.
Six tourists who came to Kazakhstan imitated Porat's bikini for running naked and were arrested and fined 440 yuan.
In 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan publicly thanked Cohen for driving the development of local tourism.
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