2006's Borat is one of those movies that, growing up, I always figured was one of those trashy, raunchy-for-raunch's-sake comedies loved by rednecks and frat guys because it features a dude with a funny accent doing stupid stuff. That assumption was based purely on the people I knew who liked it; I had not seen any of the film until a few years ago, at which point I found come clips online and began to "get" that it was much more than a scuzzy dudebro comedy, and it was even more recently that I finally sat down to watch the entire thing beginning to end. And while I appreciate its satirical brilliance now, I find myself fascinated with its cultural standing—the fact remains that most of the people I knew growing up who liked it were the kind of people that the film is clearly poking fun at.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2006's Borat is one of those movies that, growing up, I always figured was one of those trashy, raunchy-for-raunch's-sake comedies loved by rednecks and frat guys because it features a dude with a funny accent doing stupid stuff. That assumption was based purely on the people I knew who liked it; I had not seen any of the film until a few years ago, at which point I found come clips online and began to "get" that it was much more than a scuzzy dudebro comedy, and it was even more recently that I finally sat down to watch the entire thing beginning to end. And while I appreciate its satirical brilliance now, I find myself fascinated with its cultural standing—the fact remains that most of the people I knew growing up who liked it were the kind of people that the film is clearly poking fun at.