Borat and Anti-Semitism
However, it is more than important to note that the films itself seems anti-Semitic only when perceived superficially. Sacha Baron Cohen is Sabbath-observant and is from an orthodox Jewish family. He also sticks to kosher diet and wrote his thesis on Jewish involvement in the American civil rights movement. Is the film anti-Semitic at all? Well, it is most decidedly hard to decide, but one thing is sure; it can be interpreted as both anti-Semitic and non-anti-Semitic.
Sacha Baron Cohen
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