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‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ Sparks Calls For Theater Boycott, Trailer Slammed Over Racist Stereotypes (deadline.com)
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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Borat pisses people off because it's very directly racist (unlike Ali G)

Plus he exploited real people living in poverty for the Kazakhstan scenes which is a very not cool thing to do

[–] Widukin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

They got paid, they just wanted more money (like actor level pay) after finding out the success of the movie. No one got exploited.

Source: I'm from Romania, I know those kind of people.