LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Kazakhs are rushing to order Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" on DVD from Amazon.co.uk, the online giant said.
"Borat" topped the order list from consumers in the former Soviet republic last week, according to Amazon head of media Rakhi Parekh. "With the controversy the film caused around the world, it seems residents of Kazakhstan are now desperate to see what all the fuss is about -- so much so that they are willing to pay the 505 Kazakhstani tenge ($4) charge to have the DVD delivered from the U.K.," Parekh said Friday. (The film was released in the United States on DVD last Tuesday.) Goosey's Gabbings... Ok, so let me understand here. Everybody and their brother here is rushing to sue Baron Cohen because of the way they were portrayed in his movie, and the very people that Borat is supposed to represent are driving sales of the movie?
Perhaps there is some poetic justice here. HIGH FIVE!
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