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BORAT
Cultural
Learnings
of America
for
Make
Benefit
Glorious
Nation
of Kazakhstan
With
Sacha
Baron
Cohen,
Daniel
Castro
Directed
by Larry
Charles
The
man
who
made
comedy
waves
with
his
Ali
G character,
Sasch
Baron
Cohen,
is no
one
trick
pony.
Another
of his
creations
is Borat,
a TV
reporter
from
Kazakhstan
whose
inserts
on American
culture
in Da
Ali
G Show
has
burst
from
the
telly
onto
the
big
screen,
eclipsing
his
original
character.
Besides
the
bad
taste
humour,
embarrassing
situations
and
culture
clashing
comedy,
Cohen
is a
brilliant
impersonator,
truly
giving
the
character
life.
In this
escapade
Borat
is sent
to the
USA
by the
Kazakhstan
ministry
of culture
to go
learn
about
American
culture
to enrich
their
nation
with
these
explorations
and
discoveries.
Accompanied
by his
cameraman
and
producer
they
fall
into
this
big
new
world,
totally
consuming
our
fish
out
of water
Borat.
The
narrative
of this
woeful
tale
is peppered
with
some
classic
real
situation
rip-offs
as in
the
TV show
(from
etiquette
lessons,
a dinner
party,
and
humour
coaching
to driving
lessons
and
cowboys).
When
Borat
sees
Pamela
Anderson
for
the
first
time
on Baywatch,
he’s
smitten,
and
high-jacks
the
documentary
shoot
by diverting
them
to California
so he
can
meet
and
marry
her.
Apparently
villagers
of the
Romanian
town
they
shot
in for
the
Kazakhstan
opening
of the
movie
is suing
the
producers
for
depicting
them
in a
bad
light.
There
are
some
hectic
Jewish
bits
as well,
but
I haven’t
heard
of any
law
suits
just
yet
(probably
since
Cohen
is Jewish
himself).
This
is a
riot
with
some
wacky,
hectic,
extreme
and
always
hilarious
scenes.
You
either
love
this
type
of crazy,
uncomfortable
humour
or you
hate
it.
Cohen
is either
a comedy
genius
or a
total
irresponsible
bastard.
Now,
all
we’re
waiting
for
is the
big
screen
debut
of his
gay
fashion
reporter
character
Bruno!
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Borat
soundtrack
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Ali
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