Top 30 Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
1 December 2006
Borat's song about throwing the Jew down the well
voted most memorable moment
Borat singing a song about throwing Jews down a well
has been voted the most memorable moment ever by
fans of the satirical Kazakh journalist invented and
portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen.
In an online poll, hosted by the original and
biggest Borat fan site
boratonline.co.uk, 24% of participants voted
this moment the most memorable. The site received
over 100,000 unique visits a day during November
with 2,000 fans voting for their favourite moment.
In the scene, Borat enters a bar in Texas and starts
playing a country song initially about transport
problems in Kazakhstan. Before long the majority of
the bar are singing along to the chorus "Throw the
Jew down the well, so my country can be free. You
must grab him by the horns, and then we'll have a
big party".
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine
Sacha Baron Cohen discussed Borat's anti-Semitism, "Borat
essentially works as a tool, by himself being
anti-Semitic, he lets people lower their guard and
expose their own prejudice, whether it's
anti-Semitism or an acceptance of anti-Semitism".
The top 5 most memorable Borat moments, according to
the fans, are:
- Singing "Throw the Jew down the well" (24%)
- Getting drunk on wine then showing Polaroids
of his sister (18%)
- Revealing to animal rights campaigners that
he kills bears "for fun" (5%)
- Singing the national anthem of Kazakhstan
before a baseball game (5%)
- Showing Polaroids of his wife to members of
the public at a rodeo (5%)
Notes to editors
-
boratonline.co.uk is the original and
biggest Borat fan site set up in 2000 and
receiving over 100,000 unique visits a day
through November 2006. Highlights of the site
include a number of behind the scenes interviews
with Borat's victims, an interview with Borat
producer Dan Mazer and reviews of the London
Premiere and after show party.
- Borat, a satirical Kazakh journalist
caricature invented and portrayed by Sacha Baron
Cohen, became a phenomenon in the UK with the
comedy series "Da Ali G Show," in which Baron
Cohen's outlandish humour and razor-sharp satire
on anti-Semitism, misogyny and racism, came to
life through his creation's bizarre behaviour
and interviews.
The online poll ran throughout November to
coincide with the release of the Borat Movie
"Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan".
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