Todd A

The Borat movie is as hilarious as it is offensive which is leagues beyond any movie I’ve ever seen and well over the top of any contemporary “reality”-based media. The movie’s strength comes from Sacha Baron Cohen’s absolute fearlessness in using his character of an ignorant Kazakh reporter to satirize American culture through “real” interviews in which the subjects did not know that Borat was an actor. These interviews and scenes are cut into the plot of the movie as Borat travels across the US supposedly making a documentary about America “For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” (continue reading…)