Upon viewing the movie Borat I was struck with the thought, what has happened to humor it wasn't always about putting people in awkward positions based upon false pretense....was it? Maybe not but it did start quite a while ago, it's not something that is relegated to this generation alone....Candid Camera comes to mind, although I'm sure there are others.
Add to that the tag line, originated by entertainment weekly (the journalistic Juggernaut that it is), about the movie being the funniest movie ever, and you have the perfect storm for disappointment....overtly racist and unsympathetic towards social injustice, Borat trudges on for what seemed like hours (especially a scene where in you get more than an eye full of eastern European man ass) and leaves you feeling as dirty as the hands of the narrator/host Borat himself.
It's true this type of humor has been around for a while, but I remember it having a tad more class
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