Borat: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jagshemash! Everyone’s favorite foreign fish out of water Borat Sagdiyev tells all about his native Kazakhstan and shares his views on our capitalist country in BORAT: TOURISTIC GUIDINGS TO MINOR NATION OF U.S. AND A. AND TOURISTIC GUIDINGS TO GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN.
Hey, wait a second – isn’t this book, like, one year late? The movie BORAT feels like forever ago. And while this has the very un-PC tone of the film down pat, it also has a semi-stale taste to it – agreeable upon first bite, perhaps even digestible, but ultimately not as satisfying as you’d hope.
Credited to Anthony Hines “with special material by Sacha Baron Cohen,” the BORAT book is a flip-over affair, with one side devoted to Kazakhstan and the other to America. Both sides carry a cheap, out-of-register look, much like how the credits of the movie appeared half-assed, scratchy and hopelessly lost in translation. The Kazakhstan side begins with maps and a timeline, then introduces its politicians (”Premier Nazarbamshev also have a most magnificent phenis [it more thick than a tube of Pringles], which produce copious semens”) and bill of rights (more like wrongs, of course.)
As for entertainment, this European nation makes do with the popular sports of “Swimmings, Ping Pong, Discodance, Rape, Footballs and Throwing Rocks on Gypsies.” Circuses are in, as is the music of “dancing chocolate face” Michael Jackson. Surprisingly, the country hosts an active film industry, producing such hits as ATTACK OF THE JEW CLAW, HELP! THERE’S A JEW IN MY KITCHEN! and the “rape-comedy” OH WHAT A NICE LAUGHTER. You get the picture.
The U.S. side offers more of the scattershot same, with so many photos that suggests hours of discarded BORAT footage exists, so get ready for an inevitable DVD double-dip. Borat addresses such all-American issues as homosexuals (”If there is telephone numbers on walls there from a man offering mouth-party for 5 dollar, then that man is probably homosexual [if his name Brett and his number is (466) 555-0306, then he is DEFINITELY homosexual]“), prostitution (”The next morning, she had disappear and my anoos was hang loose like mouth of tired dog”) and fast food (”This man not a sexcriminal, but is famous hamboorger chef Ronal Micdonal”).
True, some of it is very funny, but without Cohen’s fearless shoulda-been-Oscar-nominated performance to interact with cluessless citizens and amp up the discomfort, the tastelessness lacks its satiric edge. My educated guess is that most BORAT fans won’t care, but be warned if you’re considering this for a Christmas presents: It has more photos of phenises, pubis and vajeens than most all other gift options. Wawaweewa! –Rod Lott
Jagshemash, Rod Lots!
My name a Jonny the Monkey, number one most famous celebrity in all Kazakhstan. Good friend Borat still only number four most famous, but maybe will move up in rankle after great success of this new book…
Jonny agree that book have many picture photos of phenis, vagine and pubis. In fact, Kazakhstan was not going to allows this book to be sold in country due to the amount of naked khram regionals on display… but then decided there was JUST ENOUGH and it is now sold in every Kazakh store (all 7 of them).
Me also wants to add that you forget to name Jonnys movie film that was in book, with poster picture on page 49 - it called “King Khram” and can see mine own naked monkey phenis on it.
Why not? It is nice!
Chenquieh.
NOTE: This comment was ‘hand signed’ by Jonny the Monkey to his gypsy assistant Batyr, who then translated and posted those words here.
p.s. name here link to page that show Borat in video film to promote book to hims Myspaces friends.