Now Romanians Say 'Borat' Misled Them (High Five!!!)

Breitbart ^ | 11/14/06 | WILLIAM J. KOLE

[teddyballgame]

"These people are poor and they were tricked by people more intelligent than us," he said. "They took one of our 75-year-old ladies, put huge silicone breasts on her and said she was 47. Another man they filmed to look like the poorest person in the world, and one of our men who is missing an arm had a plastic sex toy taped to his stump."

"We are suing because they were not truthful," added Staicu, who said he saw parts of "Borat" and was disgusted.

"They did not film reality," he said. "We've really had enough of this."

Neither Cohen's agent in London nor 20th Century Fox's offices in Los Angeles immediately returned phone messages Tuesday from The Associated Press.

[teddyballgame]

Why can't I stop myself from laughing at this?

[Ikemeister]

You wouldn't be hearing anything about lawsuits if the movie hadn't made $$$$$.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Do you also laugh at the "Girls Gone Wild" videos where they get the girls extra drunk and ask them to do stupid things?

[reagan_fanatic]

Thank God his movie made it big in the US of A or he might be made execute.

[albie]

More victims. How you can afford a lawsuit after claiming complete poverty is beyo...never mind.

[Echo Talon]

Not really that funny... Exploiting these poor people like this is disgusting. Guess thats what "comedians" and "actors" think is funny. Borat got his arse kicked in NYC now I think thats funny.

[edcoil]

So that was NOT his sister the #4 prostitute in all of country?



I am like so disappointed.

BTW, I saw Santa Claus 3 this weekend. It was good. Not great but good. The children (8,10) really liked it.

[teddyballgame]

Do you also laugh at the "Girls Gone Wild" videos where they get the girls extra drunk and ask them to do stupid things?

No, just poitically incorrect, boorish movies. It's a difinciency I'm working on.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I don't find it funny, but I wonder what the lie was. What were they told that caused them to cooperate with those things?

[freedomlover]

"They did not film reality"

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Shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you !!!!!!!

[cripplecreek]

Jeff Daniels made a movie here in Jackson Michigan. Everybody was all excited and ran out to get parts as extras.

When the movie came out everybody got mad about being "duped". I wasn't mad or surprised. After all the name of the movie was "Super Sucker". You would think people would have gotten a clue when they saw guys walking around dressed as flaming homosexual 1950s bikers.

[inkling]

Time for me to start suing for every practical joke ever played on me. "I was tricked and exploited!"

Romanian villagers, I say this with all due respect: grow the hell up.

[teddyballgame]

"Exploiting these poor people like this is disgusting".

I agree but what person in their right mind, poor or otherwise signs a waiver and acts like this? The frat boys in the US are suing as well - what's their excuse? They were duped too?

[D.P.Roberts]

Do you also laugh at the "Girls Gone Wild" videos where they get the girls extra drunk and ask them to do stupid things?

I hope he does. God knows, I do!

[HastertFan]

Has anyone SEEN this movie? MAN, Romania is a crappy looking country. I mean really crappy looking.

Too bad for them, except for the guy who had a sex toy taped to his arm, he is still pretty lucky.

[The G Man]

The brawl in the hotel was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[mjolnir]

Not really that funny... Exploiting these poor people like this is disgusting. Guess thats what "comedians" and "actors" think is funny. Borat got his arse kicked in NYC now I think thats funny.

Well said, Echo Talon.

If Michael Moore pulled this kind of thing--- taking people out of context and misrepresenting himself in order to manipulate them in order to make him rich--- which is essentially what Moore does do in "Roger and Me" and his other movies-- then people (at least conservatives) wouldn't be so easy on him.

In his techniques, Borat is basically a descendant of Michael Moore. Manipulative venom definitely can be funny as long as it's not directed at you (which is why leftists love Moore and conservatives hate him, but pretty much everyone who doesn't identify with his victims loves Borat), but it's never a good thing.

[Paradox]

No, just poitically incorrect, boorish movies. It's a difinciency I'm working on.

Spelling should come second..

[USMMA_83]

I'll bet you anything the villagers had no idea what they were signing...

[teddyballgame]

I guess I'd have to care.