Thursday, December 14, 2006

The trouble with Borat

By Mark Levine - The Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Saturday, November 4, 2006

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That's right: A Jewish comedian who portrays a Muslim gangsta rapper does a Christmas special for the BBC, which then attracts the attention of the quintessentially Catholic Madonna, who goes on to become a devotee of the Jewish mystical tradition known as the Kabbala.

Maybe there's hope for peace between the three Abrahamic religions after all, especially if Madonna moves on to Sufism once the Kabbalah Center takes enough of her money.

Even if she doesn't, the Madonna-Baron Cohen relationship and the rise of Borat offers scholars a gold mine of postmodern analytical possibilities.
(...)

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

The trouble with Borat
By Mark Levine - The Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Saturday, November 4, 2006

(...)
That's right: A Jewish comedian who portrays a Muslim gangsta rapper does a Christmas special for the BBC, which then attracts the attention of the quintessentially Catholic Madonna, who goes on to become a devotee of the Jewish mystical tradition known as the Kabbala.

Maybe there's hope for peace between the three Abrahamic religions after all, especially if Madonna moves on to Sufism once the Kabbalah Center takes enough of her money.

Even if she doesn't, the Madonna-Baron Cohen relationship and the rise of Borat offers scholars a gold mine of postmodern analytical possibilities.
(...)

No comments: