[Editor’s note: This story contains major spoilers for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”]“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” finds its fake Kazakh journalist (plus teen daughter) pranking Americans across the country, with shocking results that often lead them to reveal embarrassing or offensive beliefs.
Despite the many unnerving surprises throughout the movie, however, much about this “Borat” entry is business as usual: star Sacha Baron Cohen has been building his cringe-inducing blend of documentary and performance art for two decades, ever since “Da Ali G Show” hit HBO.
Once again, his antics have targeted a wide-range of real-life people and places.Over the years, Baron Cohen and his filmmaking team have developed an intricate process to convincing subjects to appear on camera.
In some cases, they believe they are participating in a conventional documentary with Borat at its center; in other cases, they don’t even realize they’re in a movie.
Many of the people who appear throughout “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
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