has caused audiences to become cynical to what truth there is in factual films. The film ‘Borat: Cultural learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’ directed by Larry Charles also known simply as Borat combines both fact and fiction while using mockumentary styling. Documentary is described as a creative treatment of actuality. Mockumentary is known as a fictional narrative that takes the form of a documentary. In having such thin definitions for the genre and subgenre it has resulted in films such as Borat being difficult to categorize into a genre. Borat could easily fall under both definitions. This has resulted in the debate of what genre the…
Watching people violate cultural norms is incredibly challenging. We are embedded from birth with an injunction to follow the rules of behavior and social etiquette to such an extent that violating them does not come naturally. This is what makes Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, aired November 3, 2006, such an almost seemingly difficult film to watch. However, the satire used in this film is remarkably enlightening on Americans as Borat…
Sacha Baron Cohen is a British comedian and actor who is widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat and Brüno. IN THESE GROUPS FAMOUS PEOPLE IN FILM FAMOUS PEOPLE IN TELEVISION POST-BRITPOP LONDON - CULTURAL ICONS: 2000S FAMOUS PEOPLE NAMED SACHA Show All Groups Sacha Baron Cohen - Full Episode (TV-14; 45:14) Cohen was born to an orthodox Jewish family in London and studied history before turning to comedy in 1995. As hipster Ali G, Cohen interviewed…