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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Not that this is OK. But isn't this how films like Borat works? They misrepresent what the movie is about, get sign off, do all the stuff.

Don't know how legal that is, but I would imagine most of that shit would be shut down immediately and not get sign off once they realize it's a comedy film/show.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel like people haven't put their finger on why Borat is different.

In general, the 'gotcha' moments in Borat were about getting people to say what they really thought about a topic, then just... showing that. The thing being faked there is who Borat is and what his opinions are, not what the topic is nor the context in which it will be presented.

It wasn't about getting them to say something they didn't realize would be applied to a totally different context.

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