Comments on: Nissan Borats the Cumquat. Is Nice? No.

By: jerseydevil

jerseydevil — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:21:13 +0000

not only is it offensive, its stupid.

By: capeplates

capeplates — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:50:47 +0000

Let’s face it we need a bit of humour in this bloody world – grin and bear it

By: hal

hal — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:39:40 +0000

This is gentle inoffensive humour of the most benign kind. A long way from “evil”.

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:13:14 +0000

what about that car? It got wrecked! Oh, the waste! Oh, the carbon footprint!

By: blankfocus

blankfocus — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:01:19 +0000

I liked it and saw no harm done (except to teeth).

By: Martin Schwoerer

Martin Schwoerer — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:21:14 +0000

Generally speaking, those who say one should lighten up have a point. I don’t like PC one bit. I like my Lenny Bruce, my George Carlin, my Dave Chapelle, my Chris Rock as much as the next guy. Taboo-breaking comedy is often hilarious and useful. Hell, I can even appreciate some of the stuff Sarah Silverman does. But I don’t like it when companies/creative advertising guys try to cash in on “in your face” humor. I don’t want the latest Buick presented by some half-assed Lenny Bruce. That would be creepy.

I too, find the Joe Zakopane video pretty charming, and I think it’s great that the Poles react according to their tradition of appreciation of absurdist comedy. I just think it’s bad business policy for Nissan to do this.

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:26:52 +0000

How is this any different from the Dodge Hemi rednecks stereotyped in their TV commercials? Lighten up, already.

By: hwyhobo

hwyhobo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:08:12 +0000

Andy D wrote:
How do you say ”hold my beer and watch this” in Polish.

They wouldn’t, they’re no dummies. You would carefully hold your beer in one hand, and then you would say, “zobacz” (”watch this”).

Same effects, though. ;)

By: ihatetrees

ihatetrees — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:52:11 +0000

Borat’s bar sing-a-long was much better…

By: Andy D

Andy D — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:08:51 +0000

Rednecks are universal. How do you say ” hold my beer and watch this” in Polish.

By: hwyhobo

hwyhobo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:40:37 +0000

Hm. I thought it was rather cute. Too bad the music was from a wrong region. It would be even better if the background music was from Tatry (of which Zakopane is the central town).

You will find characters like that anywhere – good-natured Joe Zakopane or Billy Bob who will perform stunts for the amusement of his buddies. In fact, this little snippet would fit very well on Bill Engval’s “Country Fried Videos”. Come to think of it, you could find in this character Joe Zakopane a parody of Steve McGranahan, “The World’s Strongest Redneck”.

If you look at the comments from Poles underneath the video on YouTube, they are all “thumbs up”. Perhaps Poles are not as uptight and “PC” as we have become here.