Comments on: Caught My Eye http://hragvartanian.com/2009/07/09/caught-my-eye-210/ art, culture, photography, writing, ideas Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hv http://hragvartanian.com/2009/07/09/caught-my-eye-210/comment-page-1/#comment-25765 hv Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:02:26 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/2009/07/09/caught-my-eye-210/#comment-25765 I think the only reason Borat does become a generic foreigner is that most viewers had no frame of reference for Kazakhs, it probably played different in regions with a more intimate knowledge of the nuances. But your point is well taken though I think at the end of the day no one considered Borat a threat but comedic. No one reacted with violence in the film. I think the only reason Borat does become a generic foreigner is that most viewers had no frame of reference for Kazakhs, it probably played different in regions with a more intimate knowledge of the nuances. But your point is well taken though I think at the end of the day no one considered Borat a threat but comedic. No one reacted with violence in the film.

]]> By: Giovanni http://hragvartanian.com/2009/07/09/caught-my-eye-210/comment-page-1/#comment-25763 Giovanni Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:44:17 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/2009/07/09/caught-my-eye-210/#comment-25763 On the Bruno question - there might not be many anti-Kazakh hate crimes, but anti-immigrant hate crimes have been on the rise for some time now (as have anti-gay hate crimes): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603518.html I realize this doesn't answer the question of whether Bruno is good or bad for gay rights, but I do think it misses the point about Borat - he is not supposed to be a Kazakh as much as a generic foreigner with different customs than ours, no? On the Bruno question – there might not be many anti-Kazakh hate crimes, but anti-immigrant hate crimes have been on the rise for some time now (as have anti-gay hate crimes): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603518.html

I realize this doesn’t answer the question of whether Bruno is good or bad for gay rights, but I do think it misses the point about Borat – he is not supposed to be a Kazakh as much as a generic foreigner with different customs than ours, no?

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