Three people who appeared in the viral documentary “What Is a Woman?” told NBC News that the producers misrepresented how it would portray transgender topics.
I feel like people haven’t put their finger on why Borat is different.
In general, the ‘gotcha’ moments in Borat were about getting people to say what they really thought about a topic, then just… showing that. The thing being faked there is who Borat is and what his opinions are, not what the topic is nor the context in which it will be presented.
It wasn’t about getting them to say something they didn’t realize would be applied to a totally different context.
I feel like people haven’t put their finger on why Borat is different.
In general, the ‘gotcha’ moments in Borat were about getting people to say what they really thought about a topic, then just… showing that. The thing being faked there is who Borat is and what his opinions are, not what the topic is nor the context in which it will be presented.
It wasn’t about getting them to say something they didn’t realize would be applied to a totally different context.