On his popular HBO show, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen portrays various outrageous characters among them “Borat”, supposedly a TV personality from the (real) former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Now “Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry is threatening to sue him for portraying the central Asian state in a ‘derogatory way.'” (Buck Wolf, “Kazakhstan Not Laughing at ‘Ali G'”, ABCNews, Nov. 15).
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“Borat” welcomes Kazakh suit
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, on a website supposedly maintained by his “Borat” character, claims to welcome the Kazakhstan government’s threats to take legal action against him for his spoof. (“‘Sue me’, says Borat”, Stuff (N.Z.),…
Update: Kazakhstan v. “Borat”
The Central Asian country has dropped its lawsuit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, the Boston Globe reported (Joshua Glenn, “Surprise Kazakh”, Nov. 27)(via Amanda Butler)(see Nov. 16, Nov. 29….