Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
I've been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen for a while. Before he brought Ali G to the US, my friend Nick discovered the original British show when he was staying over in London. We all watched clips of it over the internet and thought it was brillaint. Pleasantly surprised when he started making a splash in my country as time wore on.
I was not a big fan of the Ali G movie Ali G Indahouse from what I remember. I think it was because it was entirely scripted with actors. I believe Cohen's outrageousness can only come alive in his interviews.
The Borat movie is nearly perfect. Not necessarily any better than what had already been seen on Da Ali G Show, but I don't know how you could get much better than that.
I'm not going to try to dissect or interpret too heavily here what Borat says about what Cohen is saying, what this movie says about American, what is says about the audience, is there a moral dilemma associated with this type of movie making, and many other big questions like that, because they have been discussed in other areas of this site already I think. And I do not have any easy answers either though.
I think primarily what I find interesting about what Borat is that it reveals how many American people will accept certain inhuman behaviors from foreign people as if it is part of their culture. It's amazing to me that people could put up with a grown man with absolutely no conception of how to throw or catch a ball and attribute that to some foreign trait. That they would shit in a bag if a toilet was available. And a lot of other just outrageous things. Even if it was part of the other person's culture, why would they put up with it! Because they believe they are being kind and politically correct. Very silly.
I find this movie to be absolutely wonderful and hilarious. You may disagree with me. But then again, I love the Jackass movies too.
Rating: 9/10