Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

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I found the Borat film quite a disappointment. Being a long-time fan of Sacha Baron Cohen in all his different guises, I was left with the feeling that he hadn't done the character, or himself, justice. The genius of Borat is in using his bigotry to expose bigotry in others - that's what makes it funny. Unfortunately there was very little of this in the film. Instead it felt that his prejudices were the main source of the humour, and aside from nervous laughter, these sorts of things just aren't that funny. Instead of poking fun at real-life small minded people, he ended up just poking fun at his fictional Kazakh outlook on life. The best laughs came from the slapstick moments in the film, and in the opening scenes greeting people on the streets of New York. While these were funny, the memorabilia shop scene didn't feel like anything that Frank Spencer wasn't doing years ago.

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