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Sunday, November 05, 2006

BORAT


The New York Times on Borat:

'Whether you rush for the exits or laugh until your lungs ache will depend both on your appreciation for sight gags, eyebrow gymnastics, sustained slapstick and vulgar malapropisms, and on whether you can stomach the shock of smashed frat boys, apparently sober rodeo attendees and one exceedingly creepy gun-store clerk, all taking the toxic bait offered to them by their grinning interlocutor.'


UD's Sixteen Year Old Daughter on Borat:

"There was a man in the row in front of us who laughed so hard he jumped out of his seat and had to stand in the aisle for a couple of minutes."