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Lordandmaster -> Borat (11/10/2006 6:54:06 PM)
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Well children, I just saw Borat. It's too long, and some of the humor is sophomoric, but it also includes scenes I won't soon forget. And I don't think I'll ever forget the line "If I am give you good price, will you install pussy magnet?"
Anyway, the one serious theme of the movie is something that Europeans have faced for a while now, but that we in America are only gradually beginning to appreciate: immigrants from other countries often arrive with social attitudes dating to the same century as their economic systems. We've mostly overlooked this because our immigrants tend not to blow up buildings, but Europeans are getting more and more frustrated with immigrants who seem to want more than a slice of the pie; they also want to live in a world that reflects the same old-world biases as the countries they left behind. Politicians have been murdered over this in Holland, "honor" killings among Turkish guest-laborers is a serious problem in Denmark, and those of you who follow European affairs know that the situation has nearly reached the breaking point among North African immigrants in France.
But we're starting to face this in the States, too. There's been a big controversy lately in Minneapolis, which has a large Somali immigrant population, and many Muslim taxi drivers refuse to pick up passengers whom they see coming out of liquor stores. (For example: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-cabbies-culture_x.htm.) My view is, hey, if you come to Americay for to make large moneys, you are also must learn and respect American values. But that's controversial.
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