'Borat' is still good for some laughs, but he can't shock us anymore

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Maybe you've been eagerly anticipating Borat's triumphant return to the screen, or maybe you'd just as soon never hear the words "my wife" ever again. Either way, Borat has rarely been one to worry about whether he's welcome as he crashes into one awkward situation after another. And so here, on the eve of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, comes Borat Subsequent Moviefilm to weigh in on the current state of our culture.

A lot's changed since the first Borat came out in 2006, which the film readily acknowledges. For starters, Borat, played once again by Sacha Baron Cohen, is no longer an anonymous weirdo. Once you're famous enough to inspire unlicensed Halloween costumes (labeled, to Borat's bafflement, "Stupid Foreign Reporter"), you're too famous to corner unsuspecting people into the kind of painfully raw and uncomfortable interviews that are the cornerstone of Borat's comedy. Read more...

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