Posted on IMDB. A slightly different perspective on things.
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I just finished reading an article about how the villagers in Glod, a tiny Romanian village, appear to have been deceived into doing humiliating things so others could have a good laugh and profit at their expense. Here's a snippet, "Disabled Nicu Tudorache said: This is disgusting. They conned us into doing all these things and never told us anything about what was going on. They made us look like primitives, like uncivilized savages. Now they,re making millions but have only paid us 15 lei (around £3)." The tragic thing about all of this is that these villagers are desperately poor and they were taken advantage of by a multi-millionaire.
This isn't about comedy, this isn't about movie-making, this isn't about "getting it". This is simply about how you treat a fellow human being and from the looks of it, the people that made this film have a huge lesson to learn. I wouldn't give a penny to see this film and a boycott of all future ventures wouldn't be out of the question. You can find the article with a search at
www.dailymail.co.uk The title of the article is: Borat Film 'Tricked' Poor Village Actors By Bojan Pancevski and Carmiola Ionescu. Here's a snippet: "While the rest of the crew based themselves in the motel, Baron Cohen stayed in a hotel in Sinaia, a nearby ski resort a world away from Glod's grinding poverty. He would come to the village every morning to do 'weird things', such as bringing animals inside the run-down homes, or have the village children filmed holding weapons.
Mr Tudorache, a deeply religious grandfather who lost his arm in an accident, was one of those who feels most humiliated. For one scene, a rubber sex toy in the shape of a fist was attached to the stump of his missing arm - but he had no idea what it was."
This is truly disgusting. Those that dehumanize others, are themselves, the most inhumane.
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