[SzefciuCba]

Isn't ben his own parody?

[SOgLak]

Now, forgive me if Borat is not a satire on how some people view those from Middle eastern region

[Ygxejxox]

Borat is from Kazakhstan... that's not really Middle East... Islamic but more Central Asian than Middle East.

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Thanks, but would it be a satirical look at ways some people view this region?

[Bbjhjxfy]

The other thing is that Kazakhs aren't Middle Eastern... they're Asians... They're related to the Mongols.

Here's the President:


Obviously, Sacha Baron Cohen couldn't easily portray himself as an Asian and it really wasn't what he was going for. He's trying to satirize Arabs (which he has done before with Ali G) but going obscure with Kazakhstan and, as a result, being very wrong.

[Yarmark]

I'm sorry for going so in depth... I just find that most Americans have no knowledge of the outside world and to see a country like Kazakhstan get portrayed in the mass media for the first time and for it to be so wrong, it's a little disturbing.

[LasTins]

Borat is claerly a satire of the poor former soviet block east/south east europeans countries, especially those with many gypsies. It is more of a satire of Romania than Kazakhstan, he only chose Kazakhstan because it is a convenient country for him, no one knows anything about that country.