Borat The Rewatchables
Borat

What’s Aged the Best?

Local-news bloopers, pre-smartphone public pranks, the conference-run anecdote, and throwaway lines

In the discussion (4)
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  • The local-news sequence and the durability of local-news bloopers are praised — Kyle Brandt
  • Pre-smartphone public pranks are praised because spectators had neither camera phones nor social posts to expose the filming — Kyle Brandt
  • The naked conference run reportedly required three attempts; an engineering-lecture audience barely reacted to the first — Bill Simmons
  • A collection of short throwaway lines is identified as the film’s lasting comic strength — Bill Simmons