Q. The country of Kazakhstan got upset with "Borat," for how he portrayed it. Have you heard anything from Slovakia about the impression that the country is a haven for torture and murder?Blah. Blah. "I make movies about the torture of young women, but I'm sophisticated....... because I have a passport" Blah. Blah.
A. I went to a press conference in Prague with journalists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia and I said, 'Guys this isn't a movie about Slovakia - it's a movie about America.' Americans don't know Slovakia exists, they think Eastern Europe is full of whores who want to sleep with Americans. In the movie, everything that the Americans think about Europe is not true, but the stereotypes of Americans in the film are true. Only 12 percent of Americans have a passport, they don't travel, they don't know about history. The one thing that is true is that Eastern European women really are that beautiful.
Oh, and of course we all know who really is to blame...
Roth says this in his defence: "What's worse, my movie or Dick Cheney? Nobody actually died in my movie. People actually die because of Dick Cheney, and he doesn't allow you to see it."
No comments:
Post a Comment