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To: Sax

I forgot all about him! LOL


50 posted on 10/26/2006 10:23:53 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Free martin!)
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To: Constitution Day; NYC Republican
Like two ships, passing in the night:

There is a rumour that Mahir may have been among the inspirations for British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to create the character Borat Sagdiyev, a fake reporter for Kazakh television, as seen on Da Ali G Show. Chief similarities between Mahir and Borat include facial hair and taste in formal wear. Borat also shouted out Mahir's catchphrase "I like sex" to the crowd at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon and at a Savannah Sand Gnats baseball game. In the upcoming feature film of the same name, Borat not only quotes "I like sex" and "You can stay my home" in the introductory scenes, but poses during a game of ping-pong in revealing red shorts, referencing two of Mahir's famous shots. However, the Character "Borat" has been in development since 1995, 4 years before Mahir's page was online. Sacha Cohen has said himself that it was based on a Russian doctor.

The original Mahir site, but if you ran a search on Mahir, there's ton of old links going back 7 years. http://www.istanbul.tc/mahir/mahir/

76 posted on 10/26/2006 10:47:49 AM PDT by Sax
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