Borat makes promotional video for Szczecin

An official city promotional video of ‘the tall ships’ races’, coming to Szczecin in 2013, has been likened to a ‘Borat-style parody’ by bemused internet commentators.

“Come to Szczecin – is nice, I like”

In 2013, Szczecin once again hosts the ‘Tall ships’ Races. Szczecin city council, however, has gone about promoting this major and prestigeous event in a somewhat bizarre and amusingly incompetent fashion. To be honest, the video promoting this event seems to have far more in common with a Sasha Baron Cohen Borat-style parody, than a professional, twenty-first century production, sponsored by a modern European city.

The actors appearing in the film appear shocked and surprised that they are being filmed, are unable to look at the camera, and sometimes mumble incomprehensible nonsense in broken English. Furthermore, it is not at all clear what location the images in the background are attempting to depict, as if it were Ed Wood himself who had produced the film, and Szczecin were located somewhere on the Mediterranean coast.

At first, I thought the whole thing to have been an ingenious and clever spoof. However, it appears to be a genuine and official production. Please check out ttsr.szczecin.eu

And now, as Borat might say, “Enjoy.”

Unfortunately, the video has now been taken down.

However, if anyone is looking for anything in the ‘so bad it’s genius’ category, here is a video by the immortal Tommy Seebach:

Warren Whitmore

English editor, A native of the Isle of Wight, Warren has been running the language teaching company, Go! Languages, with his wife Małgorzata, since 1997. A fan of England, Portsmouth F.C. and Pogoń Szczecin, Warren will be contribing articles on football for the Szczecinian.

  

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