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'Borat' Offends, Entertains While Mirroring Society

by Kenneth Turan, NPR
November 3, 2006

Borat features British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a fictional television journalist from Kazakhstan on a tour of the United States. The satire is biting and discomforting. But it's also funny and well-suited for our times.

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  • Morning Edition, November 3, 2006
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