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• National Anthem of Kazakhstan

  To correct an imbalance, because people keep hitting this site asking for the words to the real national anthem, and I have a link to Borat’s national anthem, here are the words to the National Anthem of Kazakhstan in Kazakh and English, and the sheet music. MP3 here. My post on it and how the […]

  11/15/06 • (Comments Off on National Anthem of Kazakhstan)

• Never say never

  Jantik, a DJ in Almaty, showed up at the London premire of Borat’s film in London, dressed in traditional Kazakh robes and claimed to be Borat’s brother. Apparently he came late, without a ticket, and was refused admission. Most British papers are picking up on this aspect of it, which will sadly give people more […]

  11/09/06 • (Comments Off on Never say never)

• Borat’s national anthem and the economy

  This is hopefully my last post on Borat ever, but my attention was caught by Sean Robert’s post on the pseudo-national anthem at the end of Borat’s film. He discusses the suspicious Armenian conspiracy (and while he dismisses it, why is President Kocharayan in Astana on the week after the opening of the film?). However, […]

  11/08/06 • (Comments Off on Borat’s national anthem and the economy)

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  Some more reactions to Borat

  The Kazakhstan Embassy in the United States puts out a newsletter, had two items on Borat today. The first is the Take That, Borat program to show Westerners the real Kazakhstan. The tours, called “Kazakhstan vs. Boratistan” and “Jagzhemash!!! See the Real Kazakhstan”, include visits to the cosmopolitan Almaty and its beautiful surroundings, tours of […]

  11/03/06 • (Comments Off on Some more reactions to Borat)

• Borat videos

  Two Borat-related videos came to my attention. Chris Merriman has put up the BBC coverage of the London premiere of Borat’s film, with discussion of the uproar, Aliyev’s invitation, and his insistence on remaining in character. Second, the first four minutes of the Borat film, the bit set in Kazakhstan: It’s not particularly funny to […]

  10/26/06 • (Comments Off on Borat videos)

• This time has he gone too far?

  Borat’s defense in my mind was always that he had nothing against Kazakhstan itself. And many say that Kazakhstan has brought the personal war on themselves. But, this might be going too far. While Nazarbayev is in the US, Borat gave a press conference in front of the Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington, claiming that the […]

  9/26/06 • (Comments Off on This time has he gone too far?)

• Footnote on Sascha Baron Cohen

  Nothing new* in the Telegraph article about Borat, except this. Sascha Baron Cohen was a member of Footlights, the drama club at Cambridge. The link will take you to the complete list of members, but the gods of British comedy were all there, not to mention they met at Footlights and began their brillant careers […]

  9/19/06 • (Comments Off on Footnote on Sascha Baron Cohen)

• Borat, Reprise

  Dear Kazakhstan I understand. I really do. I don’t think he’s funny. I’m tired of defending my adopted country and that of my wife and friends against ignorant idiots who believe the crap this idiot spews out. But really, this furor is making you look worse than anything Borat has ever done or said. It’s […]

  9/15/06 • (Comments Off on Borat, Reprise)

• The Visit

  On the eve of Nazarbayev’s visit to the White House on Sept. 29th, speculation and analysis abounds as to what the issues on the table will be. The White House site has a nice list: Democracy Promotion: Kazakhstan Neweurasia has put up a slighting cartoon from The Economist. This is one big issue. And one […]

  9/01/06 • (Comments Off on The Visit)

• 50 Things About Kazakhstan

  DNews, claiming to be: “Opinionated news exctraction (sic) for all by that geeky accountant type guy…” proves that the Borat incident has hit such levels as to reach Australia. I neglected to append the comment from the official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that 1) Borat might be an agent of someone or other–that […]

  11/22/05 • (Comments Off on 50 Things About Kazakhstan)

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