White House to discuss Borat
I believe the world has officially lost its sense of humour. Kazakhstan officials feel like they need to meet with US President Bush about Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan before it gets major distribution.
Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev is to fly to the US to meet President Bush in the coming weeks and on the agenda will be his country’s image.
President Nazarbayev has confirmed his government will buy “educational” TV spots and print advertisements about the “real Kazakhstan” in a bid to save the country’s reputation before the film is released in the US in November.
President Nazarbayev will visit the White House and the Bush family compound in Maine when he flies in for talks that will include the fictional character Borat.
Yeah, an over-the-top, completely absurd comedy could really damage Kazakhstan’s reputation. Forget about imepding on religious freedoms, the government’s messy oil bribe scandal, instilling fear into sex workers and drug addicts as the country’s AIDS epidemic grows, and the aggressive persecution of the media and political opposition, no matter how harsh. Really, the worst thing that could tarnish the country’s image right now is a jewish brit who also likes to pretend he’s a homeboy.
In fact, sure, go and make an issue out of it as you drop in on old George. It’s not like he’s got anything bigger on his plate, after all. Unless he’s caught up in his third re-read of I Am Charlotte Simmons.
This is actually increasingly funny.
I hope the White House for once acts like they do in all other situations; tell the other country to fuck off.
Shouldn’t he be talking to Tony Blair?
If anything, these “educational spots” will only help Cohen out.