From: Gary Britt 


The only person saying something racist was Borat.  I would say its more
like its ok to go along with a script for a comedy film that needs a racist
for the comedy sketch if one is going to get on TV.  They are just actors,
in effect, acting the part given them for the comedy sketch.  It isn't real
life.  Also, you have no idea how many gun shops they went to, before they
got a guy who stood there silently thinking what an asshole this Borat is,
but I'll sell him a gun if its legal for him to buy it.

With the cameras and everything no shop owner is going to think Borat was
serious.  They know its a joke, and they play along with the joke.

Gary

John Beamish wrote:
> So it's okay to be racist if you sign a waiver?
>
> On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:20:15 -0500, Gary Britt
>  wrote:
>
>> Phil Payne wrote:
>>>
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/ThursdayTicket/2006/11/02/2208251-sun.htm
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>>>
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, there's nothing that can prepare you for Borat in Cultural
>>> Learnings of America entering a gun shop and asking "What kind of
>>> gun would
>>> you recommend to kill a Jew?" The blithe response:
"I'd recommend a
>>> 9mm or a
>>> Glock automatic." Did the guy not really hear the
question, or is it
>>> the
>>> kind of question the gunshop owner hears all the time?
>>>
>>>
>> They have TV cameras and he had to sign a release to be on the
>> "show".  Americans and all people everywhere love to
play along to be
>> on TV.  They were making a comedy and they wanted a role in the
>> show.  So they provide the straight lines to Borat's comedy.  People
>> will also gladly proclaim dog food tastes tests better than prime
>> rib, if it will get them on a TV commercial.
>>
>> No difference, except for idiot reporters not smart enough to
>> understand, and those who repeat the idiot reporters statements.
>>
>> Gary
>

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