More trouble for Borat while making his documentary

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

From http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-07-19/#3 (7th story down)

Ali G star Sacha Baron Cohen is under fire for playing a trick on an aristocratic family in America's Deep South, after they failed to see the funny side of his latest race-inspired prank. The British comic, posing as his documentary-maker alter ego Borat Sagdiyev, descended on the impressive home of George Matthews Marshall IV, 75, who believed Cohen was making a film about life in America's southern states. But Marshall and his daughter Heather were horrified when Cohen started implying they were racists. Marshall tells website PageSix.com, "Our understanding was that we were going to have a documentary 'supper' in which they would be learning about the South. We signed a release because we were trusting. Our ancestors have been in this house for 152 years. In that time, we've never had anyone try to deceive us. This turned out to be the first unpleasant episode we have experienced since the (nineteenth century) Civil War. They tried to get us to say we approved of slavery. I was, of course, aghast." Matters spiraled further out of control when the cheeky funnyman introduced a raunchy extra character into the situation. Heather recalls, "Cohen attempted to shock (us) by introducing a black woman who pretended to be a prostitute. She kissed and groped him at the dining table." Marshall adds with disgust, "She was a huge woman, grotesquely dressed." And once the furious family realized they had been tricked, they threw Cohen and his crew out, who "stayed on the property and banged on the door, screaming, 'I do not understand your customs!'" Cohen's publicist Matt Labov says, "I have to give a boring old, 'No comment.'

Atlleast this time Cohen didn't fear for his life.

[ret5hd]

1. "In that time, we've never had anyone try to deceive us."...

wow, what a good bunch of slaves they must've had...they didn't even LIE!

:hide:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Ah Borat...

"He is strong...He will crush people...like Stalin!"

:rofl:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

3. Personally, I prefer Borat to Ali G.

I can't wait for this documentary.

[48pan]

4. It doesn't sound very funny...

I'd have to see it to make an informed judgement.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. hmmmm

if you haven't seen Borat, you probably wouldn't get it. check it out! he's hilarious!

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

6. For proof of Borat's genius

check out any of his segments on Da Ali G. Show. My favorite one is his attempt at being a country music singer and his song, more importantly the reaction of the crowd, that he performs.

[name not needed]

7. "Throw the Jew Down the Well"?

Hilarious, yet frightening.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

8. Just because of the knuckledraggers singing along

After this episode aired their was a minor flap about this. Nothing special as anyone with a brain knows Borat and his song aren't the problem the people singing along and cheering it are.

[youspeakmylanguage]

10. You have to see the show...

Borat's skits are HILARIOUS!

I haven't watched any of the shows lately, though. We've dropped HBO until the new Sopranos episodes premier.

[ucmike]

9. ali g rocks.

i am shocked at the people he gets access to and i am even more shocked that very few people realize they are being goofed. seems like these folks were slightly less naive than some others.

i thought it was funny that the "victims" said this was the worst thing to happen to them since the civil war. that's some sheltered life they must have if a rude brit ruined 140 years of southern tranquility.