Cultural Appropriation 101: Borat

by Alex

Today in class we are watching some Borat clips to talk about some basic issues in the politics of representation. Here they are:

“Borat Trailer”:http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/borat/trailer/

“Ad for Borat Soundtrack”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXGMfNRwc1g

“StopBorat.com”:http://stopborat.com/ — a fake anti-Borat website. Will the recursion ever end?!?!?

“Kazakhstan embassy on Borat (NPR)”:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6276973