{"id":21498,"date":"2020-10-22T11:59:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:59:50","slug":"borat-subsequent-moviefilm-delivers-laughs-and-shocks-in-equal-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=21498","title":{"rendered":"BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM Delivers Laughs and Shocks in Equal Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This film debuts Friday October 23rd<\/sup> exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 years ago, the world was simultaneously amused and shocked\nby Borat<\/em>, a movie featuring an exaggerated and eccentric Kazakhstan reporter\ntraveling across the US to make a documentary about American culture. While speaking\nto random strangers and having several bizarre encounters, the movie ended up exposing\nless-than-flattering aspects of some of the nation\u2019s citizens. With the country\nnow embracing more and more extremist views, the character has officially\nreturned for the hysterically titled follow-up, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,<\/em>\naka Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American\nRegime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the movie isn\u2019t capturing interactions between the fictional\ncharacter and real people, there is something of a plotline. As the picture\nbegins, we learn that Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) has been imprisoned for embarrassing\nhis homeland after the release of the first film. Many years later, the\nprotagonist is unexpectedly granted a release by government officials. They assign\nBorat with finding a way to meet Vice President Mike Pence, hoping to present the\nWhite House with a gift and earn the administration\u2019s favor. However, things\ndon\u2019t go according to plan and Borat soon discovers that his daughter Sandra\nJessica Parker Sagdiyev (Irena Novak) has stowed away on the mission. As they\nattempt to make inroads with the government, the pair converse with locals from\nall walks of life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows are a series of bawdy and elaborate pranks that\nstretch boundaries and push buttons. It\u2019s clear form the onset that maintaining\nBorat\u2019s anonymity has become far more difficult due to the success of the original\nfeature. Thankfully, new disguises are employed to help keep things under wraps.\nNovak also helps out considerably as Borat\u2019s daughter, taking the stage for a\nfew significant tricks in the movie and helping to keep targets from figuring out\nthat they are being had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even within the fictional story and narration, there are plenty\nof cutting observations about the current state of the US. There is also a\nstronger message and theme being presented in this follow-up. In its own unique\nway, the movie advocates for woman\u2019s rights, explicitly shames the current\nadministration and displays the ridiculousness of their conspiracy theories. And\nwhen Borat and Sandra interact with the real world, the movie really makes an\nimpression, simultaneously amusing and horrifying viewers. This is not so much\nbecause of the fictional character\u2019s blunt statements, but rather the responses\nfrom those not in on the joke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of those pranked actually come off well, trying to help\nBorat reconsider his own views. Others\u2026 do not fare nearly as well. In fact,\nmany of the more extreme situations look incredibly dangerous and it\u2019s hard not\nto be concerned for the well-being of the comics as they try to eke reactions\nfrom their extreme behavior. This includes a bit at a Republican CPAC conference\nand an exceedingly unsettling visit to a gun-rights rally in Washington during the\nCOVID lockdown that features a couple of individuals giving Nazi salutes. The climax\nmay present the most startling ruse of them all. It shows a famous and intimate\nmember of Trump\u2019s team thoroughly embarrassing themselves. The very least that\ncan be said is that this figure behaves in an unprofessional and very icky manner.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as if that isn\u2019t potent enough, on occasion the\nfilmmakers present comedic examples of propaganda techniques, rhetoric and lies\nfrom the fictional version of Borat\u2019s government. Viewers soon witness real\nexamples used by the current administration and their supporters. It doesn\u2019t take\nmuch imagination to see parallels between the exaggerated, fictional authoritarians\nand their real counterparts, adding a chilling element to the proceedings.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Admittedly, over the last 14 years the familiarity of the character and guerilla approach to collecting material have lessened some of the surprise and punch. Still, this film is very sharp and there are a couple of scenarios that actually do go so far as to shock and stun. It is also impressive that between the laughs, Cohen and his compatriots have attempted to champion a deeper message about changing leadership in the US (and are actually willing to endanger themselves to do so). While making an effective and meaningful gross-out comedy might seem nearly impossible, but Borat Subsequent Moviefilm<\/em> ultimately achieves its goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This film debuts Friday October 23rd exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. 14 years ago, the world was simultaneously amused and shocked by Borat, a movie featuring an exaggerated and eccentric Kazakhstan reporter traveling across the US to make a documentary about American culture. While speaking to random strangers and having several bizarre encounters, the movie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[198,3315,3316,3317,3318,3319,3824,4660,9928,13942,17506,17693,24205],"class_list":["post-21498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-198","tag-borat","tag-borat-subsequent-moviefilm","tag-borat-subsequent-moviefilm-film-review","tag-borat-subsequent-moviefilm-movie-review","tag-borat-subsequent-moviefilm-review","tag-candid-camera","tag-comedy","tag-irena-novak","tag-mike-pence","tag-sacha-baron-cohen","tag-satire","tag-white-house"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}