Borat is a character that was created by the Cambridge educated comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (showing how far Cambridge has slipped in the comedy league since Monty Python). He is a character from Kazakhstan who naively assumes that every culture will be similar to his own, which places him in embarassing situations at various social functions. He lists various odious attributes as being common in Kazakhstan and also pokes fun at various customs not dis-similar from some English ones . Borat originally featured on the Ali G Show about 5 years ago and, incredibly, Sacha Baron Cohen has not developed the act or any more characters in that 5 years, other than a puerile film aimed at breaking in the American market. People excuse Sacha Baron Cohen because they think Ali G is making an valid attack on old authority figures who try to 'get down' with the multicultural youth of today but the shap sword of satire was blunted years ago when people like Tony Benn refused to fall in to his trap.
2006-10-22
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