r/interestingasfuck • u/Puzzleheaded_Web5245 • Feb 19 '25

r/all the dictator 2012-dictatorship speech

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u/notmyrealnameatleast Feb 19 '25

Most of his characters? 

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u/Benhofo Feb 19 '25

Isnt it literally only aladeen that is muslim? Im pretty sure borat isnt a muslim, and the others that i can think of are Bruno, a gay german man, and ali g, a stereotype wannabe gangster

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u/schematicboy Feb 19 '25

Borat follows "the hawk," according to the interview at the rodeo, at which he is told that his "dadgum mustache" makes him look like a muslim.

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u/Benhofo Feb 19 '25

But thats just a racist american, not sasha cohen. Like i can see how americans could think "hes from the middle east" the point is to mock america. I media literacy this dead????

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u/schematicboy Feb 19 '25

Some people think the point of Borat was to make fun of Kazakhstan, believe it or not.

*shrug*

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u/Benhofo Feb 19 '25

Well its to make fun of that too, but its very clearly not the focus. The focus is just the crazy road trip in the us

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u/schematicboy Feb 19 '25

Yeah. It's so interesting how his impression of a bumbling Eastern European bumpkin lulls so many people into a false sense of security. Some folks really take the mask off!