If the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan didn’t quench your thirst for uncomfortable confrontations with everyone’s favorite Kazakhstan reporter, you should check out the character’s origins on HBO Video’s Da Ali G Show: Da Compleet Seereez, released on November 21.
The four-disc set contains both seasons of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s hysterical series that, in addition to Borat, features his other alter-egos: Ali G, a hip-hop journalist and wannabe rapper of indeterminate ethnic origin, and Bruno, a flamboyantly gay Austrian TV reporter. As you watch Ali G, Borat and Bruno explore different aspects of American culture (Ali G enlists as a recruit for the Philadelphia Police Department, for example) and make interviewees such as Gore Vidal, Buzz Aldrin, Pat Buchanan and Sam Donaldson squirm in their chairs, it begs the question: What did the producers tell these professionals to convince them to sit down with Cohen’s triumvirate of ass-clownery? Now that he’s a household name, Cohen is going to need to split into more personalities to prank anyone in the future, but it was fun while it lasted. Extras include Ali G’s Harvard Commencement address (oh yes he did) and other hilarious deleted clips. Big up yourself and check it. Respek.
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Borat rules!