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I don’t understand why the khazakstani government and its people don’t think borat is amusing at all. The entire movie makes fun of racism and poverty not just in their country, but in the US. It focuses on the stupidity and bigotry that plagues the human race, not just the people of one particular country.
It just happens that this one comedian chose to make funny of their country and ours. If they really wanted to they could make up a character of their own and make fun of Britain, or France, Japan or whoever they wanted to; every nation has their little microcosms of idiocy, and if they were to go to the west end of London at night, or some of the urban areas of Paris they wouldn’t have any problem finding good material. You can randomly put your finger on a map, go to that location, and you can be rest assured that if you ask the right questions and act the right way, you will find the same exact level of xenophobia/homophobia/anti-Semitism etc that you see in this film. It’s just the way things are, and it’s the way they have been for as long as we have walked the earth.