Borat and Anti-Semitism
Even the opening scene establishes the atmosphere of the film, in which Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) lists three main problems his home country suffers from. The problems are as follows: “economical, social, and Jew.” Then, another scene ensues which shows an event similar to the Spanish tradition of bull-running. The runners who take part in the event flee two crudely stylized puppets of a Jewish couple, one with a hooked nose and curled sidelocks and one Jewess wielding a meat cleaver. As the puppets stop and lay eggs, children at the event are encouraged to smash the eggs and prevent them from hatching. Hateful claims are typical of the plot; for instance, when Borat asks a gunshop owner if he has any weapon so as to be able to protect himself from a Jew. Also, the film had two deleted scenes, in one of which Borat wants to train a dog to attack a Jew. In the other scene, Borat arranges for a tattoo of a Jew, as it exists in his mind, with horns just to show how devil they are.
Borat and the Jewess
(stephanicverses.blogspot.com)
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