I’ve mentioned the Ali G Show before, and I will reiterate my assertion that if you haven’t watched this hilarious show, you really should.
The show’s purported Kazakhstani character Borat nearly got lynched in a recent appearance at a rodeo in which he was supposed to sing The Star-Spangled Banner. He began by announcing his support of the United States’ war on terror, exclaiming, “I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards,” and “And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq.” He ended his act by “[launching] into a butchered version of The Star-Spangled Banner that ended with the words ‘your home in the grave.’” Needless to say, the crowd was just a little bit rowdy after that, and he hustled out of there before he got himself shot.
I so want to see this episode now… 🙂
Update: The New Yorker interviewed Roman Vassilenko, the press secretary for the Embassy of Kazakhstan. In the wake of The Ali G Show, he obviously “wants to clear up a few misconceptions about his country:”
Women are not kept in cages. The national sport is not shooting a dog and then having a party. You cannot earn a living being a Gypsy catcher. Wine is not made from fermented horse urine. It is not customary for a man to grab another man’s khrum. Khrum is not the word for testicles.
The mere fact that the show has actually caused confusion is pretty funny, although I guess I’d be a little chagrined if Ukraine was portrayed in that way. I’d like to think that I could have a sense of humor about it, but…
