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Borat

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Comedy film described as one of the funniest movies ever made, though its creator Sacha Baron Cohen is criticized for hypocrisy regarding stereotypes and misinformation.

Mentions (8)
"Guy whines about anti-semitism and Jewish stereotypes after an entire career of portraying Khazakh's as moronic, anti-semitic bigots. Gives weeping speeches at ADL award ceremonies about the need to regulate misinformation, even though his movies only work by editing people out of context to make th"
"Sacha Baron Cohen is a wealthy (old money) Cambridge-educated (where he studied anti-semitism) Brit who travels the US humiliating the impoverished and often the mentally ill. His abuse of the mentally ill/those with substance issues isn't as mask-off as Jerry Springer but it's insidiousness makes i"
Why does Borat seem to get a pass for its egregious classism · SixFingersOnLeftHand · ↑505 · 2023-06-15
"And the news anchor is always so smug about every news piece. It reminds me of Borat a little bit."
"For me, my answer genuinely is Borat because it still holds up to this day. It is funny in a primal, ridiculous way and also has a slight bent of political satire."
"Having Borat come from Palestine...I mean 'Kazhakstan'' *wink wink* and throwing in all the wild Jew hatred among his other quirks like shitting into bags at the dinner table and trying to fuck dogs, he basically propagandised the entire western world into believing that anti Zionism is so comically"
Borat is Hasbara level propoganda · u/Ian_Huntley_ · ↑104 · 2025-04-17
"Woketards: This movie is inherently racist because an Englishman is pretending to be from the middle east and using them as a caricature. This is peak cultural appropriation. Post-left: This movie is nothing but smug lib scolding of the salt of the earth of America. Conservatives: This is a cheap sm"
The discourse on the new Borat film: · u/Federalbulgaria · ↑73 · 2020-10-26
"sacha baron cohen took a camera crew to an impoverished little village in Kazakhstan and lied to em and humiliated them and they tried for a lawsuit. And it was hilarious! But whenever the TIL gets reposted Redditors rush to his defense 'Borat doesn't punch down.'"
"Borat doesn't punch down. The punchline of the joke is how white guys in America respond to his stereotypes."
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