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The Lobby: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Patreon)

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2020-11-02 02:58:58
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Just as its titular trickster is known to do, the new Borat Subsequent Moviefilm caught us off guard, with Sacha Baron Cohen smuggling the unexpected sequel to 2006's Borat onto Amazon Prime Video with little warning or buildup. The surprise of a new Borat movie in 2020 is, it turns out, not an unwelcome one, though it does invite discussion of how Baron Cohen's character plays as both comedy and commentary in our current cultural and political context. Keith, Scott, and Genevieve recently got together to do just that, all while (barely) resisting the ever-present temptation to say "my wiiife." 

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Josh Hammond

Like Genevieve, I'm genuinely fascinated by the production of this film, and it's frustrating that there's so little reliable information about it. I keep thinking about this Bruno segment on the HBO Ali G show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmi64Kg8KdQ, start at 1:30) where Bruno tells two "fashion police" commentators to be mean, so they are, then tells them to be nice to Paris Hilton, so they are. Both reactions are "real," but the prompting beforehand kind of sets them up - there the joke is that these people will say whatever they're told, but does that mean the joke is also on us to believe whatever we hear people say? On the one hand, it's impressive that such a coherent film came out what I can only imagine was an incredible chaotic process, but that begs the question of how was it so coherent? How much did Baron Cohen capture the reaction of people, and how much did he produce/coach/create the reaction he wanted? Or does it matter? *SPOILERS* From an interview I found (https://variety.com/2020/film/features/borat-2-cameos-sacha-baron-cohen-1234815507/), it appears the cotillion was staged. Those were real people reacting to what they saw, but they were essentially extras that had been hired to act like they were at a cotillion. A friend's sister-in-law - so take this with a huge grain of salt - was at the gun rally where Borat performs the Obama/Fauci/journalist song. According to her, the cheering folks were paid extras, and the crowd actually chased him off the stage once he started singing anti-semitic lyrics. This jives with an interview I saw on the AV Club (https://news.avclub.com/a-disguised-sacha-baron-cohen-sang-a-racist-song-at-a-g-1844196354). Baron Cohen has certainly portrayed this as "these people realized I was making fun of them and got angry," so how much does it change if it was more like "these people thought I was being offensive and got angry"? At this point I think it's common knowledge that Baron Cohen broke character to set up the synagogue confrontation. That said, this part caused me to gasp out loud at his sheer audacity of being so offensive.