What’s real in Borat
Borat is one of the most outragous, offensive, and yet hilarious movie I have seen. But I always thought that scenes in the movies were “staged” by actors — very much like the fake reality show “The Office”.
Well, I was wrong. According to this Salon story (you need to watch a short ads to get in), most of the Borat scenes are shot with *real people* who did not know it was a prank. Even the scene in the rodeo was shot with a real rodeo! You can read people’s reactions from the article. It is even more hilarious than I thought! 
February 6th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Well, some of the scenes just have to be staged. The Pam Anderson scene for example.
March 7th, 2007 at 8:23 am
I read the Pam Anderson part was definitely staged, she showed her acting credentials anyway as i was fooled!
Im looking forward to getting the dvd, with the extras…
April 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Yeah that have to be staged. I mean he could have got shot for pulling something like that. I’m sure they wouldn’t risk that.
January 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Just heard that Baron Cohen “killed” his character Borat. That just turned that movie into a classic, right?