Apparently, Kazakhstan has no official sense of humor.
Kazakhstan is threatening to sue Sacha Baron Cohen, the genius creator of Da Ali G Show and, more infuriating to the Kazakhs, the greatest character in the history of TV, Borat.
If you've never seen this (where have you been hiding?), Borat is supposed to be the most successful television news personality in Kazakhstan. He is featured on Da Ali G Show venturing into the West and recording his adventures with Americans and Brits for Kazakh television. It's pure television gold.
It seems that Cohen hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards as Borat, and this was the straw that broke the Kazakh's back.
Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashykbayev told a press conference that Cohen/Borat is "...serving someone's political order designed to present Kazakhstan and its people in a derogatory way."
I guess the lesson is: Never overestimate the Central Asian sense of humor.
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