subject: Synopsis Of The Major Motion Picture Borat And Its Effects [print this page] Something that has gotten much better in modern times is the convenience of travel. The world has become smaller through generations due to advancements in the technology of travel, and travel has become more convenient through the invention of some truly helpful items that people can take with them while traveling. For example, recently on the market is a telescoping handle system for bags that makes it easier to carry clothes and other necessary items for a trip. Also, to make sure that bags aren't mistaken for the property of another there is private label luggage.
One person, although fictional, who didn't have the help of any of these nice things on his travels is the character Borat. Created by actor, comedian, and nut ball Sacha Baron Cohen originally as part of his television show, Da Ali G Show, Borat is a citizen of Kazakhstan. After Da Ali G Show was canceled he returned to the fore in entertainment with a movie. The movie features the Kazakh reporter getting into many tricky situations, all with real and unknowing Americans, after venturing to the country in search of ways to improve his home country.
One interesting ordeal the character gets himself in to is when he travels to get a car and his driver's license. When at the car dealership attempting to get a car Borat mentions to the dealer a very specific and offensively labeled type of woman that he would want to attract with his new car, looking for suggestions as to what car would attract certain women. The dealer quickly replied that Borat wanted either a Hummer or a Corvette, making him seem misogynistic himself. Much of the humor of the movie involves Borat, played of course by Sacha Baron Cohen, acting racist, rude and misogynistic and then getting agreement from the people he interacts with. This style of course says more about the unknowing people getting filmed than Baron Cohen himself.
Many people thought the film uproariously funny and others were upset at the politically incorrect nature. As may be expected, some of the people that were on camera in Borat attempted to sue Baron Cohen because they said the film portrayed them in a bad light. For example, at one juncture in the movie Borat is staying overnight at a bed and breakfast and the film shows cockroaches roaming around on the floor. This lead to a lawsuit from the elderly couple who owned the bed and breakfast because they claim, correctly, that the cockroaches were planted in their home by the film crew and resulted in a loss of business. It's a shame that this type of humor lends itself to lawsuits, but hopefully teaches people upset at their portrayal in the film to be a little more careful when they read things signing away their image rights to a film.
Borat, in the opinion of many people, is one of the funniest movies ever made and one can certainly see why. Although it definitely isn't for those who are easily offended at over the top, sometimes racist sounding humor there is something funny in the movie for almost all audience members.
