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In Reply to: Your point was weak ... posted by Jimmy NYC on March 14, 2007 at 16:05:45:
Jimmy, while you and I may be educated, grounded, decent people who understand satire and understand the movie's real intentions, I assure you that 90% or more of the moviegoing public are complete morons. They do not care about the intentions of Sacha Baron Cohen or Larry Charles.Someone with anti-semitic views who sees that movie is not going to say, "gosh, I really liked how Borat satirically poked fun at Jew-haters". The sad truth is that many people who see the movie will actually connect with the bigots, not the attempt to ridicule bigots. And therein lies the danger and folly of a film this incendiary.
Someday you should venture outside New York City...maybe try watching Borat in a movie theater in the midwest or a different country altogether. And when the audience bellows and cheers and laughs during the scene where Borat throws wadded-up dollar bills to ward off the shape-shifting, evil Jews who have transformed themselves into cockroaches, ask yourselves what the audience is really connecting with. I felt uncomfortable watching this in Oakland, CA after a Taj Mahal concert.
You and I know the makers of the film don't intend to be taken literally. But that doesn't mean anything. It wouldn't surprise me a bit to learn that some people use clips from Borat for purposes that should make Larry Charles ashamed, assuming people who make that much money on a movie are capable of feeling ashamed.
Sometimes it's important to step outside your sphere, take a more global view and ask yourself if this kind of humor is really that entertaining, funny or effective to warrant mass distribution. Audiences in New York, DC, LA and the bay area are one thing. After that, you're dealing with an altogether different animal.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Your point was weak ... - Jazz Inmate 16:54:14 03/14/07 (5)
- I would never join a club that was presumptuous enough ... - Jimmy NYC 23:06:34 03/14/07 (4)
- You can't have it both ways - Jazz Inmate 10:52:22 03/15/07 (3)
- Re: You can't have it both ways - Jimmy NYC 12:21:01 03/15/07 (2)
- Re: You can't have it both ways - Jazz Inmate 16:09:52 03/15/07 (1)
- Oops... - Victor Khomenko 20:04:45 03/15/07 (1)
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