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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoBorat pisses people off because it’s very directly racist (unlike Ali G) Plus he exploited real people living in poverty for the Kazakhstan scenes which is a very not cool thing to do
minus-squareWidukin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·2 months agoThey got paid, they just wanted more money (like actor level pay) after finding out the success of the movie. No one got exploited. Source: I’m from Romania, I know those kind of people.
Borat pisses people off because it’s very directly racist (unlike Ali G)
Plus he exploited real people living in poverty for the Kazakhstan scenes which is a very not cool thing to do
They got paid, they just wanted more money (like actor level pay) after finding out the success of the movie. No one got exploited.
Source: I’m from Romania, I know those kind of people.