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Bobby Rowe
Imperial Rodeo
producer
Salem, VA
THE SETUP “A man called and told me a singer from Kazakhstan was coming to America and wanted to sing the national anthem at the rodeo. They sent me a CD of him, but it was blank.”
THE INTERACTION “When they showed up at the rodeo, my wife listened to Borat sing and said, ‘The old boy’s pretty good.’ He went out there and went on about the war, saying, ‘I hope George Bush kills every man, woman, child, dog and cat over there.’ We were lucky we got him out before he started a riot.”
THE REVEAL “The next day one of the cowboys came in and said he’d seen
Da Ali G Show. I
thought, ‘Son
of a buck, I just
stepped right
into it.’” |
David Corcoran
Chi Psi brother
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
THE SETUP “This guy said they were filming a Kazakh reporter who wanted to hang out with frat guys. They met 10 of us and I guess chose the three who wouldn’t recognize Borat.”
THE INTERACTION “They paid for us to drink at a bar. Then we were supposed to pick Borat up in an RV as if he was hitchhiking. I got on the RV and saw all these video guys. It seemed like a good set-up for Kazakh TV. Borat told us he beats women and showed us naked pictures of his sister.”
THE REVEAL “One of the guys looked Borat up on the web. My first
thought was,‘What if my
mom
finds
out?’” |
Jim Sell
Criswell Auto salesman
Gaithersburg, MD
THE SETUP “They said they were doing a film on a foreign traveler and had me sign a waiver to film us negotiate over a vehicle.”
THE INTERACTION “After they had the cameras set up, Borat kissed both my cheeks. I’m an old country boy, so I thought it was a little weird, but I figured
it was customary in his country. Later he said, ‘In my country, to trust each other, we have to touch each other’s scrotums.’”
THE REVEAL “My co-workers figured it out. While I was with him, I thought, ‘This guy’s going to make me look like an ass in his country.’Instead, he’s
going to make
me look like an
ass in my own
country.” |
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