However I do enjoy a good spoof or satire. 
Borat the character was funny, but the really funny parts to me were the non actors reactions.  To me this was an intelligent version of candid camera or the Jamie Kennedy experiments.  The looks on the faces, the way some of them tried to be polite was priceless.

I also thought it was genius the way he showed all the isums in this country, racism, sexism anti semitism etc..  It was a fascinating look into the human psyche. 

I loved the movie airplane when it came out, I used to enjoy National Lampoon.  I love SNL when they do spoofs.  And I loved the little things in there like the name of his son Huey Louis. 

Cohen played the straight man so well.  He never cracked a smile.  And his timing was impeccable.  The Jew jokes were horrible, but so funny. 

It was a good way to laugh at ourselves as Americans.  I don't know if the guy deserves to be sued.  That will be handled in court.  All I know is I thought the movie was smart, really smart.  And he really knows people to even attempt this project.  And that is the key to any comedian if you ask me. 

So, if you see this movie on my advice, you need to look past the surface jokes and the gross parts and see the subtle humor in this movie.  The fact that these people were not acting ( except maybe Pamala Anderson,) makes the whole movie . 

I found his My Space and I was laughing my ass off.  To me it even spoofs that.  I don't know if it's funny if you have not seen the movie though.

Semi ex took me to see Borat last night.  Is it offensive? yes, Are some parts disgusting? Yes. Is there potty humor? Yes.  Did I laugh so hard my ribs hurt today?  YES! 
I don't care about the controversy, I needed a good laugh and this provided it.  I have not laughed so hard in ages.  People need to lighten up.
Warning, go pee before you go in the theater, not kidding, glad I did.

Jennie update:  She got no sleep on the 18 hour or whatever it was flight, when they got to Tel Aviv she was exhausted, they had to walk around for hours.  Tel Aviv looks like Florida.  They sat on a grassy area where she had an allergy attack with her contacts in.  Her eyes swelled up.  She took someones allergy meds that made her drowsy, she walked around in an exhausted fog.  She is feeling better now and they are leaving Tel Aviv.  Did I give her the vacation curse?  I hope not, lets do the anti curse chant together " curse be gone!"

My song went over well, but they made me read the disclaimer ( losers).

As with Borat, some people were afraid to laugh, but did anyway.

One of the counselors said it was the bomb and she is keeping it as a traditional holiday party song.

I have to go shopping for matt's Chanukah gifts.  I will be gone all day. 

I will try to get around later.

Go see Borat, unless you have a stick up your butt.  In which case leave my site.

By the way, if you saw the movie, the boys in the hood?  Those are my boys at work, I mean not the actual boys, but they could be.  And I thought they came off much better than the idiot frat boys.

Edit:  someone needs to get borat out of my head.  Laughing alone in parking lots makes you look crazy and my ribs/sides hurt. 

I also remember in the midst of a very funny scene the panel of the wall in the theater fell off and almost hit semi ex in the head.  Semi ex and others moved it, but we were all laughing so hard, no one bothered to get an usher.  That just made the movie funnier.

Oh and for enquiring minds, why were semi ex and i on a movie date? 

Three weeks ago Me:  I want to see Borat REALLY bad, so and son and so and so said it's hysterical but I have no one to go with

Semi ex: don't look at me, you know I like to wait until video

Last night

Semi ex:  I read and article about Borat, it sounds great and you have been working really hard, lets go see it

So there you have it.