Kazakhstan TV Head ‘Borat’ is sent to report on the greatest country in the world “U S and A”. With ‘Azamat’, Borat lands in New York and the rest, as they say, is history. Among other things, Borat manages to wash his face from a toilet bowl, try to marry Pamela Anderson and bribe a couple of cockroaches which he thinks are ‘kudu-vittu-koodu-payara’ Jews!
The movie starts thus: (In heavy East European accent): “Hello there! My name is Borat! I like you, and I like sex. It’s nice.” … “This is Orkien, the town rapist. Naughty, naughty! Over here, our town kindergarten (children pose with Kalashnikov rifles). Over here, Sakanov (who appears to be welding something), our town mechanic and abortionist”…. “This is Natalie” (Proceeds to kiss her full on the mouth for a good ten seconds) “She is my sister. She is number four prostitute in all of Kazakhstan (she displays a copper cup). Nice!!!” says Borat. The culture shock is immense, but the novelty of the situation combined with the background score and Borat’s animated actions make the audiences laugh-out-loud.
Reaching the “US and A”, Borat proceeds to meet white house representatives, television broadcasters, etiquette teachers, Jews and a crazy group of Christian fundamentalists. Considering Larry Charles’ stand that Borat was almost totally unscripted, Sacha Baron Cohen sure has managed to keep the laughter clouds hovering over the movie.
Complete with a naked hotel brawl between Borat and Azamat (a three hundred pound hairy, supposedly-human gorilla), Borat isn’t for the conservative minded. Nor is it for Jews, considering that Borat is the quintessential anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigot character complete with racist taboos!!
