ABC reports:
“Two fraternity members filed a lawsuit Nov. 9, alleging they were tricked into making racist and sexist remarks in the spoof documentary Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
The men, who were not named in the lawsuit, alleged the film’s producers took them to a bar and, after a bout of heavy drinking, they signed release forms agreeing to appear in what they were told would be a documentary shown outside the United States.”

Ok, if you haven’t seen this movie, here is a brief recap of what’s going on in this lawsuit. Borat parties with some fraternity boys in their RV, they all get drunk, and the boys make horrible remarks about women and other races.

The part I don’t get about the lawsuit that they’re claiming to have been tricked to say sexist and racist things. Now I can understand the claim that they had been tricked to be in the movie. But look, bro, it’s called

IN VINO VERITAS

(”Truth in wine”). I’m a fan of the idea that most people are usually disposed to reveal their true colors when they’re drunk. I’m not saying that people are always truthful when they’re drunk; I’m not that stupid. What I do want to say is that those boys probably revealed only what they’re already disposed to disclose.
This is just another case of good ol’ American opportunism. We’ll make a dollar when we can. But you already know that. The classic part, however, is the passing the buck of responsibility. “The lawsuit claimed the film brought them ‘ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community.’ “ So these boys are saying, “The film did all this to me, I did not.”
If you can pass the buck and make a dollar at the same time, that is genius. Pure unabashed genius.

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