Moldova: Borat in Moldova and Romania · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about Borat: “
Borat's “Kazakh village” was in fact filmed in Romania, so it was fun to watch the first four minutes of the film on YouTube and know what all these villagers were saying to Borat. His “wife,” Oxana, didn't say what the sub-titles say, but she did say some incredibly dirty stuff. […] Sascha Baron Cohen has the chance to take his characters into the realm that Andy Kaufman did with his, but right now there is a major difference; Kaufman didn't think twice about insulting and offending his audience, whereas Baron Cohen plays it safe and exploits people that few Americans will ever come into contact with.”