"Borat" Dinner Party Lawsuit

mimo2005 · 10-24-2007, 08:15 AM

Alabamans sue "Borat" movie for portraying them as racially intolerant

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...071borat1.html

ebackhus · 10-24-2007, 11:35 AM

I suppose they should also sue Robert Zemeckis for his portrayal of Alabamians being racist in Forrest Gump!

**-=Rousseau=-** · 10-24-2007, 10:25 PM

Honestly, having seen the movie, how Borat acted would have creeped me out regardless of his nationality... How would you have reacted to his behavior? Bringing a ***** to dinner would not be appropriate...

**EnglishPaul** · 10-25-2007, 05:45 AM

How did a movie manage to be released without the permission of all those appearing in it?
If they did agree, they can't complain now just because it was more successful than they imagined.
If they didn't agree, then it flags up many legal issues. And casts 20th C. Fox in a very bad light.

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-=Rousseau=- Biker, Geek and Jock Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 827 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: "Borat" Dinner Party Lawsuit Honestly, having seen the movie, how Borat acted would have creeped me out regardless of his nationality... How would you have reacted to his behavior? Bringing a ***** to dinner would not be appropriate...

10-25-2007, 05:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
EnglishPaul Still no avatar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,314 OS: XP SP2 Blog Entries: 9	Re: "Borat" Dinner Party Lawsuit How did a movie manage to be released without the permission of all those appearing in it? If they did agree, they can't complain now just because it was more successful than they imagined. If they didn't agree, then it flags up many legal issues. And casts 20th C. Fox in a very bad light.