Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "What Kazakhstani Think Of Borat | Street Interview" video.

  1. ROFL, can empathize.... Brazilian here. xD I'm gonna guess that what most Americans and some other developed nations imagine when they think about Brazil, is probably something along that Simpsons episode that caused some controversy here.... well, plus our general image in tourism rounds plus stereotypes. Put simply, much like Kazakhstan, Brazil is far bigger than most people imagine. Thing is, this is valid for pretty much any foreign nation - the way the image of foreign nations is built and shown is often a stereotyped, often negative, as sensationalized as possible. This has been and still is a problem of general media, news and whatnot. We get monkeys roaming the streets and a mix of 24/7 soccer and carnival all year round, plus images of Christ the redeemer in the middle of slums and whatnot.... Kazakhstan gets Borat, which is arguably even worse. :P And in our case, yes, there is definitely some truth in the Simpsons episode... just waaay overblown for the sake of comedy. You have stuff that is definitely true, but not for the entirety of the country (Brazil is extremely diverse, we have immigrants coming from all over the world and respective cultures influencing different regions of the country), stuff that comes from a bit of truth but is actually completely false (monkeys roaming the streets), and then superficial stuff that simply doesn't represent the country and it's people at all. But it's like, even developed nations get that type of treatment.... Japan with used panties vending machines and... naked sushi for whatever reason, tentacle rape and a few others like that (most Japanese people only came to know about those things via foreigners), and so on. Kinda sad that it apparently needs to be like that, but oh well... like some said, from some angle, at least it's better to have some distorted image of our countries that is known throughout the world, than people knowing nothing at all. I will readily admit not knowing a whole lot about middle east nations, Asian nations apart from Japan, and African nations... heck, I don't even know much about Latin American nations, which Brazil is part of. xD But over the years I just came to assume not only comedy but also general International media coverage is just extremely unfair and unflattering. It rarely goes over clickbait material...
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