This movie originally turned me off, but it made such a big stink I knew I had to check it out. And what would you know- it was actually enjoyable, although punctuated by juvenile humor like naked men, sex jokes, etc. But the critique of American culture was spot on and added a necessary cutting intelligence.
Sacha Baron Cohen reminds me of all four Marx brothers rolled into one. He has the physical humor of Harpo, Groucho's ironic bit, Chico's pushiness/economic scoundrel nature, and Zeppo's odd charm (well, who really remembers Zeppo, other than his ability to play it straight). Borat is just very frenetic, which was a bit wearying.
But it did give me outright prolonged laughter!
Jason Robards would be proud to see you quote A Thousand Clowns here, and I'm happy that Borat gave you outright prolonged laughter. I'm not convinced, though. I think watching him perform adolescent boy jokes would inspire me to start throwing things at the screen!
ReplyDeletethat was exactly my first opinion- and don't get me wrong there is a lot of adolescent boy jokes (including shit). but if you are ever bored, this might be a fun movie. or better yet, wait til it comes on tv.
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