Cohen, a devout Jew who keeps kosher and the Sabbath when possible, says he purposely made his character prejudiced.
"Borat essentially works as a tool," the 35-year-old British comedian tells the magazine in an interview conducted before the film's opening.
"By himself being anti-Semitic, he lets people lower their guard and expose their own prejudice, whether it's anti-Semitism or an acceptance of anti-Semitism," he says.
"Borat essentially works as a tool," the 35-year-old British comedian tells the magazine in an interview conducted before the film's opening.
"By himself being anti-Semitic, he lets people lower their guard and expose their own prejudice, whether it's anti-Semitism or an acceptance of anti-Semitism," he says.
As most probably already know, Borat has ticked a lot of people off and there are a lot of lawsuits saying that people were "duped" into acting like idiots and embarassing themselves.
Isn't it interesting what we will do when we think nobody is looking?
Basically, by having Borat act in a prejudiced manner people lower their guard and think it's "ok" to act the same way instead of taking a stand for what they know is right and telling Borat he's an imbecile.
<---Should be banned for circumventing the cuss filter.


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