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When I Think About Borat, I Hate Myself
By Beth Gottfried
Created 01/08/2007 - 10:25

Filmmaker Andrew Goldberg's latest documentary, "Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century," which airs tonight, was reviewed by The Boston Globe today and while it seems a bit like replayed narrative:
Out in the world, as filmmaker Andrew Goldberg shows, there are still people who believe in an almost mystical set of falsehoods. A young woman in Cairo says there were no Jews in the World Trade Center on 9/11; she knows this for a fact since she was in America at the time.

A young boy, perhaps 3 years old, is asked what he thinks of Jews. "They are apes and pigs," he says.

"Who said they are so?" says an off-camera female voice.

"Our God

Nonetheless, however rehashed a theory and unoriginal in insight, it might be worth a cursory watch. As Globe critic Joanna Weiss poignantly points out thru a number of Borat comparisons, "We'd like to think that "Borat" is a powerful way to combat hateful ideas. 'Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century' reminds us that the power of fiction can be used to spread hatred, as well."


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[1] http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/01/08/film_keys_on_falsehoods_that_drive_anti_semites/