Borat makes life tough for Kazakh TV crew
A genuine TV reporter crew from Kazakhstan found covering the recent US elections something of a struggle.A TV crew from Kazakhstan's Channel 31 was in Columbus to make a documentary on the US political system.
But the crew got a wary reception from press secretaries who feared public humiliation by Sacha Baron Cohen.
It didn't help that the Kazakh cameraman's first name was 'Bolat', reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cohen's 'Borat' movie - featuring a fake Kazakh TV reporter humiliating Americans - was then No 1 at the box office.
Press secretaries for both Republican and Democratic parties were suspicious enough to verify their credentials with the US State Department.
"They were really adamant that they were not Borat," said Ohio Democratic Party press secretary Randy Borntrager.
State Department officials who supervised the TV crew's two-week trip say they got apprehensive phone calls wherever they went. Even the FBI called to make sure the crew was legitimate.
"The timing of this was not good for the TV crew, because a lot of people thought they weren't for real," said George Santulli, the State Department official who oversaw their trip.
posted by The One Ocean @ 11/30/2006 08:47:00 PM
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