BORAT..SURE IT'S FUNNY, BUT IS IT RIGHT?

Well, here I am on the bus on the way home from work using my trusty 23 year old TRS-80 Model 100
laptop to type an entry for my blog. For some reason it didn't occur to me that this would be a
good use for it besides taking notes on my Bible reading and typing up the Created to be a Help
Meet book. Today I was checking out Freerepublic and one of the postings mentioned a new movie
that is supposed to come out in Nov. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" I guess it is somewhat controversial. I checked
out a few video clips and although the content was humorous, yes, very funny, I was shocked to
see that there are so many people who totally overlook the disgusting use of sexual remarks in
this guy's repertoire. To some degree I was pleasantly surprised at how disgusted I was with it. I think that maybe my reading of God's word is having an effect on me. Not long ago I would have found that type of humor more enjoyable.

Why is it that in the US today, there seems to be this idea that a movie is not complete or funny
unless it contains sexual language or references to bizare sexual behavior?

I was especially put off by how this so called "genius of a commedian" took advantage of people
by filming them without their consent in a "Candid camera" style (minus the innocence part).
Many people point out that Baron Cohen (the name of the actor) is himself a Jew and what he is doing is a good thing: exposing the racism and bigotry still so prevalent in our society. I don't doubt that some of
that may be true, but I wonder about the legality of what he is doing. Do people that he has
filmed have a say in whether their faces end up displayed in every movie theater, especially
those who were caught in their weak moments? I honestly don't think it should be legal for him
to make millions of dollars off other people's blunders. At the least, I believe every one of
those people is entitled to having their identities protected. I think it's a good thing he
showed that racist ranch owner on the hunting trip, but the guy's identity should have been
protected. For one, this guy now has the sympathy of all the other racist antisemites out there,
and seconly he has gained the hatered of every decent person who saw that video clip. I even saw several postings on the web of people who want him dead. (Hey, count me in too you know). I'm not trying to protect the bad guy, I just don't think this should be published without his consent, and I really doubt he consented to it.