[lbo-talk] Borat

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
>
>... Again, a subjective thing. But as an older, accomplished humorist once 
>told me, write comedy for the world you live in, not the one you fantasize 
>about. As much as I love old American comedy, an abundance of which I own 
>and treasure, we are not living in Laurel and Hardy times. Slipping on a 
>banana peel today makes sense only if the clown falls into a mass grave 
>instead of on his/her own ass. Borat uses broad comedy to coax out the 
>madness in Americans.

Whatever.  "Borat" sounds like a misfire to me.  Some contemporary examples 
of film satire are very funny indeed, e.g., "Harold & Kumar Go to White 
Castle" -- a/k/a "Harold and Kumar get the Munchies" or "American High." 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_&_Kumar_Go_to_White_Castle>

Carl

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