「波叔出城」的英文原名很長﹐叫Borat: Cultural Learnins of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan。故名知義這電影是套虛構記錄片(Mockumentary)﹐主角波叔份作哈薩克(前蘇聯分裂出來的一個小國)國營電視台的記者﹐在美國到處找名人閒人訪問﹐騙他們說是來美國取經學習文化﹐其實卻是暴露美國文化荒謬反智的一面。波叔原本只是英國電視節目Ali G Show的一個環節﹐透過Scahan Cohen飾演波叔的古怪行徑﹐瘋狂搞笑地諷刺美國文化。波叔說很一口鄉音極濃的英文﹐思想上則是極端白人男性主義。受訪者往往因為波叔的惡搞訪問﹐而不自覺的說出些認同波叔的極端想法﹐又或者抱著政治正確的想法包容多元文化﹐而給波叔弄得哭笑不得。
I was talking to a colleague from Taiwan today. This poor guy cannot go back to Taiwan, not even visiting, or he will be throw into jail once he landed. He came to Canada to study highschool and university hence escaped the 2 years military service. Although he is now a Canadian citizen, he cannot renounce his Taiwan citizenship until he had served his term. As long as he is a Taiwan citizen, he will be subject to the Taiwanese law once he set foot on Taiwan. He said that even changing his name cannot escape the military service, somehow the Taiwan government know you are the same person. I feel sorry for him that he can’t even go home to visit his parents back in Taiwan. Military service a very unproductive policy. Young men wasted two years in the army, not learning anything particularly useful. The talented who study aboard won’t come back to the country since the cost of spending two years in the army is too high. People should not forced to join the army. The army should just hire its soilders like the police hire policemen. Making it a true profession instead of forcing the unwilling young men to join will improve the quality and fighting power of the army. Military service is a thing of the past when the number of men determine the outcome of a war. In future wars, technology and elite soldiers can make up with a smaller army by fighting more efficiently. The army will only have soldiers who control the weapons and the technicians and engineers who supporting the weapons. There is no need for the foot soldiers, except maybe a small team of special operation force.
Tonight I am having dinner with an old friend whom I have known more than 20 years. I talk to him about I am having a mid-life crisis, try to find my identify and place in the world. My friend have trouble understanding my problems, not that he thinks I am thinking too much. He can’t even grasp the concept of mid-life crisis, since he never think about this questions at all. He is pretty much living a worry free life all these year. This friend is also an engineer, but he seems living in a totally different world. He has been a straight A student in school since the day I know him. The highest rank I ever have in primary school is the 10th, but my friend always stay in the top 3. Now he is working for a crowned corperation with 100% job security. He career path is straight ahead for him. Since his company havn’t hire engineers for a long time before he join, all engineer above him will soon retire. He just have to hang in there long enough and eventually he will be the chief engineer leading the whole division. My jaw drops when he told me his net worth is more than half a million. I can’t make that much money all my working years combined even I don’t have to spend a dime. The only thing that trouble him is that he is still single, which something I can’t explain. He is tall (over 6 feet) and good looking (ok, he does look geeky, but that can be easily fixed). He has lots of money in the bank and have a job with great persective. He should be a girl magic, a diamond bacholer. I am very keen to introduce my single female friend to him. Sometimes I really envy his simple life, so I don’t have to worry about my mid-life crisis. On a second thought, if I were in his position, I will probably feel very bored. Then I would start looking new that will bring me back all the troubling thoughts.
香港廣管局會因為「秋天的童話」中船頭尺爆粗發出警告﹐會因為「鏗鏘集」討論同性戀的節目不夠持平而發出強烈警告﹐不知道廣管局會如何評審這套「波叔出城」呢﹖這齣電影完全政治不正確﹐主角在劇內到處宣揚反猶太﹐反同性戀﹐男人沙文主義。而且內容充滿偏見﹐粗口橫飛﹐還有大量祼露鏡頭。大慨廣管局那些天真純潔的官員﹐一定會看到爆血管心狀病發﹐不是給氣死便是給嚇死。