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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: 2020 Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Yes, that is the final name to Borat's 2006 follow-up mockumentary. The title went through many name changes; the previous ones were equally ridiculous and ridiculously long. It also has the dubious reputation of incurring the wrath of many Americans (and Kazhaks) and attracting many legal suits. The Kazaks were just as pissed for depicting them as a bunch of village fools ruled by a despotic regime. If one is looking for a Wodehousian type of humour in this offering, look elsewhere. It is a lowbrow comedy through and through with toilet humour, genitals, menstruation and all. It was strategically released before the US Presidential elections and contains some not so savoury depiction of Trump's lawyer and former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, in a hotel room kerfuffle with a young journalist. It is all a prank, and the film is full of it. Borat holds a mirror to th...

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) The picture of the 'Diktator' (real name: Sacha Baron Cohen) in the newspaper walking on the red carpet before the Academy Awards aroused my curiosity to have first hand experience on his previous movie 'Borat'. I remember many years ago reading about it in Newsweek singing praises on its effort. My verdict: I should not even waste my time blogging about it! Or maybe it would discourage others from wasting their precious times too, but then, any publicity is good publicity in Tinseltown! I never really paid much attention to this Borat character before. I actually thought that it was a Kazakh production. It starts with Borat, a TV reporter showing us his village in Kazakhstan in a very derogatory, sexist and vulgar manner. He stereotypes Kazakh man and also ridicule their leader by giving the same name to his neighbour and puts him in bad light. Their ch...