Love him or hate him, but there’s no denying that Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh-styled character Borat has made a huge impact on the entertainment industry. Thousands of moviegoer’s flocked to cinemas all over the world to see Cohen’s wacky comedic creation, Borat Sagdiyev in action.
However, since the launch of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan the British comedian has been sued by almost everyone including southern conservatives, frat boys, Romanian villagers and seemingly every other group in the “US and A”. Seemingly unfased he even thanked “every American who has not sued me so far” during his acceptance speech at this year’s Golden Globe awards.
The latest in a long list of lawsuits however might just cause a bit of a problem though. According to an Israeli comedian, Borat’s expression “Wa wa wee wa”, belongs to him. And, According to Good Evening With Guy Pines, an Israeli entertainment news show, comedian Dovale Glickman plans to sue Cohen for copyright infringement.
Glickman apparently coined the phrase 16 years ago, for a character on the hit Israeli comedy show Zehu Zeh. He further popularised the expression in a series of TV commercials for the Israeli yellow pages. It caught on and is still commonly heard on the Israeli street.
Did someone say, Uh oh?
