Borat Sued For Being A British Man Abroad
SUING BORAT: “NEW YORK (Reuters) - The creators of the hit film “Borat” were sued again on Tuesday, this time by a driving instructor seen in the comedy admonishing the fake Kazakh reporter for yelling insults at other drivers.”
Michael Psenicska was duped into participating in the film after it was described to him as a “documentary about the integration of foreign people into the American way of life,” he said in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court.
The suit named British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays the title role, One America Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., a unit of News Corp. It also named Todd Lewis, a representative of One America who is listed in other lawsuits as Todd Lewis Schulman.
Psenicska said he was paid $500 in cash to give Borat a driving lesson. He described the experience as “surreal,” saying Cohen drove erratically down residential streets, drank alcohol and yelled to a female pedestrian he would pay her $10 for “sexy time.”
He’s British. It’s how we behave when abroad…
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December 5th, 2007 at 10:36 am
I’ve spoken to some of you offline and I think there’s a general consensus that we live in a society that is far too litigious. To sum up your views you feel Borat is just a bit of fun and the cab driver needs to get a sense of humour. No big deal.
Unless anyone’s got any final comments to add I think that’s probably all that needs to be said on this and we can close this down.