Borat Receives NY Welcome?

Good evening,

Well, it seems comedian Sacha Baron Cohen received one heck of a New York welcome when he took to the streets under guise of his alter-ego Borat.

Cohen's Borat character is supposed to be a Kazakhstani TV reporter who asks people some of the most outrageous questions anyone can imagine. The appeal of the Borat character is evident by a huge box office hit for the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit for the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. (which also happens to be one of the longest titled movies in cinematic history)

Cohen (as Borat) was filming on a New York street, asking passers-by crazy questions, to which he recieved some laughs, some ignores, and a few "git da f___ outta heyah" responses. Friends of Cohen said they were all having a good laugh about the spectacle, until Borat (Cohen) approached the wrong guy.

He walked up to a man and said in his mock Kazakhstani accent, "I uh like uh you clothings, they are nicccce! Please may I buying? May I? I want have sex with it!", while pawing the mans clothing. To which the man simply punched Borat (Cohen) in the face, knocking him down, then proceeded to continue punching him in the face until Cohen's friends intervened.

Hey? how's that for a "welcome to New York?"

Rule #1 on the streets of New York, don't touch anyone

Rule # 2 on the streets of New York, don't give people a hard time, or they just might give you one back.

While those rules don't justify the actions of the man who beat the crap out of Borat, what was Sacha Baron Cohen thinking? His pranks might get a little more polite response from people in the South or out West, but in the big city of New York with so many people, lots of crazy people at that, nobody likes someone walking up to them and touching their clothing, much less wanting to have sex with it.

No mention was made about which neighborhood Borat was in at the time of the attack.

All I can say is at least Borat is OK, only minor bumps and bruises, it sure could have been worse, the guy could have shoved Borat's microphone somewhere often obscured from sunlight.

I still believe New York loves Borat, just as long as he doesn't touch them, or make sexual advances to their winter coats. It's a long distance relationship. *LOL