One Part Practical Joke, One Part Social Commentary

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2014)

Borat is one of those things that is so hilariously immature, if you didn't have a context for how the movie was filmed it might seem a bit childish. But it resonates on a much deeper level, and as i'm sure Sacha Baron Cohen intended it, the character of Borat brings out the ignorance in people around him like a magnet. He's not meant to be taken seriously, but instead more of a trickster disguised as a fool to expose the foolishness of men. Borat was filmed documentary style, and people actually believed it was a socially awkward kazakh guy with no understanding of American culture. He and his "producer" are the only actors in the entire movie, everyone else are actually real people. The fact that it was so easy to convince people that his character was real should inspire Americans to expand their close-minded worldview, and as a kazakh girl i dated told me, real Kazakhstan is nothing like the one from Borat. But as i see it, Borat is not parodying Kazakhstan, it is parodying America.