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I saw Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan<\/a><\/i> about a month before it opened, and I spent that entire month resisting the urge to give away some of the movie\u2019s bigger surprises, and telling people little more than, \u201cI wonder why there haven\u2019t been any lawsuits!\u201d Well, the movie\u2019s been out for two weeks now, and as you may have heard, the lawsuits<\/a> have begun. I don\u2019t care to rehash all the details here, but I will say that I am grateful for the controversy, because it has led to this interesting Associated Press story<\/a> on the waivers signed by Borat<\/i>\u2018s supporting characters, and the legalities revolving around such things. It all brings back memories of the form that I had to sign, myself, minutes before I was interviewed for The Big V<\/a><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"