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Chris Selley: Another pathetic CBC attempt at humour

Ripping off Borat, 20 years later, is dismally on-brand

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“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” is a 20-year-old movie about an idiot reporter from Kazakhstan government state media on tour in the United States. Some people my age love it, and tend to quote it ad nauseum. It was critically acclaimed. I hated every smug, smirking, mean-spirited, easy, unfunny, pointless second of it.

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For those blissfully unfamiliar, think of Rick Mercer’s (also insufferable) “Talking to Americans” bit. Basically it’s an opportunity to mock friendly, well-meaning Americans — real people, not actors — who aren’t as fancy or worldly as we think they should be. But Borat’s creator Sacha Baron Cohen is British and went to Haberdashers’ Boys’ School and Cambridge, so it’s much nastier.

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