Bakhytzhan KurmanovS5 “Your Body speaks”

WHAT is BORAT?

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Borat is the funniest film imaginable right

now.One of the top Ten Great Comedy

Movies

91%

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Collection of stereotypes

POLAND: Jak sic masz?" (Polish and gypsy language)ROMANIA: BORAT=vulgarKuzcek=gypsy village GlodSLOVAKIA: “Running of Jew”HUNGARY: UltranationalismALBANIA: Place awash with weapons and criminalsBULGARIA: Ethnic Music

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Construction of the “other Kazakhstan”

•HYPERREAL BORATLAND

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Use of MEDIA to construct negative

image

EDWARD SAID

Orientalism

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BORATSTAN has replaced real Kazakhstan.