This time, mentions of Barack Obama and
Anthony Fauci are followed by choruses of
“Inject him with the Wuhan flu” and “Gas him up
like the Germans.” The film’s piece-de-resistance
is an exceedingly awkward sit-down interview
with Rudy Giuliani and Tutor that ends with
Borat (disguised as the boom-mic holder)
rushing in on the two of them in a charged
moment alongside a hotel bed.
Borat’s adventures are often followed by a
raft of lawsuits, and that could well be the
case again. Some have already been filed. But
I suspect there won’t be a lot of apologies or
public contrition this time around. There isn’t
anything that Borat uncovers that can’t be
found on the airwaves, in social-media posts
and across newspaper front pages. In the
movie’s most compelling section, Borat appeals
to a pair of guys for a place to stay, and despite
it being a pandemic, they warmly welcome him
in. How long Borat stays there isn’t clear but it
seems like several days. They’re friendly hosts
who happily discuss political views they’ve
gleaned partly from the internet, like that
Hillary Clinton drinks the blood of children.
When Borat shares some of his wild ideas about
Jews, they correct him. That’s not true, they say.
“That’s a conspiracy theory.”
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of
Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make
Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” an
Amazon Studios release, is rated R by the Motion
Picture Association of America for pervasive
strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity,
and language. Running time: 94 minutes. Three
stars out of four.