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November 3, 2006
Hi, My Name is Borat
I’ve been to a lot of early weekday movies at the Lowell Showcase Cinemas. Some start at 11:30 a.m. Some at 12:00 p.m. And they all, typically, draw a handful of people: Mostly senior citizens.
That certainly wasn’t the case today inside Theater number 14, which was packed full of college kids. It was like a frat party, baby! All we needed were a few kegs and Dick Vitale.
The outpouring of testosterone came courtesy of the 12:20 p.m. screening of “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.�
In case you’ve been aboard the International Space Station the last few weeks (and who of us billionaires haven’t), you’d know all about Borat, the fictional Kazakhstan television personality played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Cohen nabs the perfect director in Larry Charles to capture his anti-Semitic, womanizing crusade across the “U.S. and A� in search of “Baywatch� babe Pamela Anderson.
I’m not going to make the same mistake the movie’s PR flacks did by revealing any jokes or bizarre unscripted scenarios. The ones that did appear on television and in the movie’s trailer fell flatter than an Ashlee Simpson song (Sorry babe, we’ll make up later. Promise. K?).
Borat is funny because it’s spontaneous and fresh. The character, of course, will have to be retired now because everyone has seen him. But have no fear, Cohen’s other alter ego Austrian fashion maven Bruno is reportedly in negotiations to make his own “moviefilm.�
Have a good weekend, Ravers, and let’s go Pats, huh.
Posted by Andy Ravens at November 3, 2006 2:35 PM