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Thursday, September 14, 2006

VIDEO: Borat and Ali G take on the world

HBO's (in America) Sacha Baron Cohen aka Ali G and Bruno has a new movie coming out centered around his other character, Borat. He's the fake Kazakhstan reporter that travels the world with wide eyed fascination.

HouStoned even reported that Borat made it to Katy High School.

Now Borat, I mean Cohen, is getting movie publicity all the way from the White House. Many media outlets including The Mirror are reporting the president of Kazakhstan is mad and visiting W about it:
Cohen, 35, has infuriated Kazakhstan, which claims his comic creation demeans women, slanders gypsies and portrays their country as backward.

Now President Nursaltan Nazarbayev will take his complaints to George Bush during a visit this month.

The Kazakhs will also launch a PR blitz in the US ahead of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

A movie can't pay for better publicity than this.

Here is a video clip
of Cohen in action as Ali G. His interview subject, 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney, is not impressed. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here