a little sad after laughing

Layne 2022-04-19 09:01:14

If people think the film is mocking Kazakhstan, that's the biggest joke and tragedy. Partly, it is mocking the United States, and the so-called civilization and advanced it represents; partly, it embodies the hypocrisy of globalization in the global era, and the tragic role of the people of backward countries in it.

Borat, although many of the ways of life are disgusting... but not one of them is disrespectful, not one of them is insincere. He simply does not pretend to be B, asks for advice everywhere, and never speaks ill of the American people when he is most humiliated and bullied. He experienced the process of the American dream in the shortest possible time. First, he was evoked by an American-style advertisement - a breast augmentation beauty, which evoked the most real and straightforward dream. After experiencing the pain of various blows, he finally bravely stepped out of his own step and pursued his own desire. However, like all real American dreams, from the beginning to the realization of the dream is just a lie of the mainstream discourse, and the mediocre can only be fooled into the base of the pyramid, the foundation of the Empire State Building, and the cannon fodder of the freedom war. . What's more painful is that such a dream often comes at the cost of sacrificing the beauty around him - Borat is a man of understanding, and will not be ashamed of any remorse, so he bravely walked back and married on the way. Know a prostitute.

At the same time, all those behaviors of Borat that we mocked, in fact, in the so-called developed countries of the United States, they have only gone from the light to the dark. The facts have not changed, but the evaluation and name are different. Discrimination against women and homosexuals has never stopped. What has changed is that civilized people pretend to scold in secret, while Borat expresses it openly; the desire for sexual desire has never stopped, what has changed is that civilized people look at it. Her porn masturbates while Borat goes chasing the woman.

The most touching thing is of course the ending. The so-called "progress" is nothing but an old life with a new label, which fully proves that globalization - it is "Americanization" without pretense, and its logic is ridiculous. The background of the language is different, but the impulse of capital, with dollars and English, wants to conquer all human life, and the product is the Christians who abused Jesus and played with prosthetics, which are replaced by dildo penis. Is it funny? Isn't it our life? After the context was impacted by Western language, the consistency of the Chinese people became more and more broken, leaving only distorted Western discourse and distorted traditional life. The only possible connection is lies and lies...

Borat, innocent, blunt, bold, polite, and in my opinion more lovable than any heroic protagonist in an American commercial. Actually, we could have been just as cute.

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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan quotes

  • Borat: [catches Azamat pleasuring himself to his Pamela Anderson book] How dare you make hand-party over Pamela!

  • Borat: Pamela, will you marry me?

    Pamela Anderson: Uh... no thanks. I'm sorry.

    Borat: Agreement not necessary.

    [he slips his 'wedding sack' over her]