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‪Kazakhstani‬ Strikes Back Against Fiction With Fiction

Kazakhstani filmmaker Erkin Rakishev is working on an “unauthorized sequel” of Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional Borat film called My Brother Borat. He hopes to “show the real Kazakhstan” and presumably stop his water polo peers from laughing at his country. Read more »

Kazakhstan Leader’s Plea For Visitors Positively Borat-Esque

On Tuesday President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan delivered that country’s equivalent of America’s “State of the Union” speech. During his address, Nazarbayev cited his country’s extreme weather in delivering a plea for people from around the world to come to his nation. Read more »

Borat Cannot Be Sued for ‘Documentary-Style’ Documentary

When it comes to contracts you should always read the fine print. A Manhattan federal judge threw out a lawsuit from three people because the specific wording of the legally binding agreement: “Plaintiffs seem unwilling to recognize that the operative word in the phrase “documentary-style’ is ‘style’ and not ‘documentary,” wrote Judge Loretta Preska. |NYP|