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I hear you... makes me sad too... but those signs are all over and have been for a while.

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In Reply to: I am truly sad, Steve... I am... posted by Victor Khomenko on March 13, 2007 at 20:11:07:

You're talking about the same country that - for a time at least - waited with baited breath to find out what Paris Hilton was up to. Or where millions of people hang on every second of American Idol or Survivor. Or where Howard Stern gets a $20 million contract, or where Professional Wrestling was the number one sport for a while. Or where we elect... okay... I won't go there.
I think one reason Borat did so well is that people actually like being made fun of. It happens all the time with stand-up comedy routines. They like to laugh at their day to day routines and habits even if those things are exagerrated and taken out of context. It's like getting some attention.
We'll survive... and really, with ticket prices where they are and many people seeing it multiple times it probably was only seen by no more than 10 - 12 million people.
Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.

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Re: I hear you... makes me sad too... but those signs are all over and have been for a while. - Victor Khomenko 05:49:21 03/14/07 (0)
I do not partake in the things you mentioned, but I am aware of them, and you are right, they come from the same stock as Borat. The point however is not what it is, as most of us have that moronic side inside, and can be silly, but the amount of it.
Yes, people do like being made fun of, this also was not the point. That said fun could be made thousand different ways, including... ahem... no, G-d, no... please, not in the context of this "movie" discussion... no... but yes, it could be done intelligently, or it could be done in a totally dumb way. So you concentrate on the subject with which I don't have any issue, and there have been numerous examples of good interesting satire... I am talking about the means.
I am not even talking about that horrible acting and poorly done phony accent... but then it also was much in line with the rest of that pile of crap.
This post says something concrete ... - Jimmy NYC 04:14:06 03/14/07 (0)
other then ...
"crap"
"boring"
"loved it"

C'mon people! work a tiny bit harder to express your points of view.

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