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CPAC threatens legal action against 'Borat 2' production company over KKK scene
Hat tip, Borat himself, who is on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" right now.
CPAC Published 11 hours ago
CPAC threatens legal action against 'Borat 2' production company over KKK scene
Attorneys demand filmmakers 'immediately cease and desist from using any content filmed during CPAC in Borat 2'
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
The American Conservative Union (ACU), the organization behind the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), is threatening to sue the makers of the new film "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" due to scenes shot at the 2020 conference earlier this year. ... In one scene, a character is shown entering the event dressed in a Ku Klux Klan-inspired outfit. ACU claims this falsely suggested that its organization and the KKK have aligning ideologies.
'BORAT 2' STAR SACHA BARON COHEN RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP'S CRITICISM OF THE FILM: 'I DON'T FIND YOU FUNNY'
"Any implication that KKK style hatred would be welcome at CPAC is false and malicious," attorneys for the ACU said in a letter to the film's star, Sacha Baron Cohen, and production company Four by Two Films. ... The letter demands that the filmmakers "immediately cease and desist from using any content filmed during CPAC in Borat 2 and its trailers[.]"
In the movie, which is a sequel to the 2006 hit comedy, Cohen's Borat character is depicted as walking through the CPAC venue's lobby in KKK garb, but according to the ACU and its attorneys, it was really another actor.
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CPAC threatens legal action against 'Borat 2' production company over KKK scene
Attorneys demand filmmakers 'immediately cease and desist from using any content filmed during CPAC in Borat 2'
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
The American Conservative Union (ACU), the organization behind the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), is threatening to sue the makers of the new film "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" due to scenes shot at the 2020 conference earlier this year. ... In one scene, a character is shown entering the event dressed in a Ku Klux Klan-inspired outfit. ACU claims this falsely suggested that its organization and the KKK have aligning ideologies.
'BORAT 2' STAR SACHA BARON COHEN RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP'S CRITICISM OF THE FILM: 'I DON'T FIND YOU FUNNY'
"Any implication that KKK style hatred would be welcome at CPAC is false and malicious," attorneys for the ACU said in a letter to the film's star, Sacha Baron Cohen, and production company Four by Two Films. ... The letter demands that the filmmakers "immediately cease and desist from using any content filmed during CPAC in Borat 2 and its trailers[.]"
In the movie, which is a sequel to the 2006 hit comedy, Cohen's Borat character is depicted as walking through the CPAC venue's lobby in KKK garb, but according to the ACU and its attorneys, it was really another actor.
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It’s confirmed that the
@GaylordNational
indeed had a KKK at their establishment. We contacted them and ask that they address this with a public statement with their position. We was told that the Public Relations Director is off today.
@Marriott
doesn’t feel this is of urgency.
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They always lose these things...
