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> Why not just make up a fake country then? Because there will always be some geography buffs who will be able to name the countries of the world, even if they
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
> Why not just make up a fake country then?
Because there will always be some geography buffs who will be able to name the countries of the world, even if they don't actually know anything about the cultures therein. Make up a fake country in a fake place in the world, and someone is more likely to unmask you than if you said you were from a country whose name and vague location is known, like Kazakhstan.
- ALittleLight 6y agoSurely even more common than Geography buffs are people who would Google "Borat Kazakhstan" prior to the interview and learn the whole secret. If he tells his subjects a different name so they can't Google him, then he could tell the subjects the name of a real country, but present the movie with the fake country the same as he might do for his name.
- pwinnski 6y agoHis approach in the past has been that nobody ever knows his character's name before the interview starts. During Da Ali G Show, people would be told it was a BBC production, or given the name of a production company, and everything would be set up and the interview subject ready to go before Cohen would enter the room. The point was to make it difficult for the subject to just get up and walk away.