Cat TV, prime time

The kids who live next door just got a puppy.

Oh, I think the Girls will get HOURS of entertainment glaring out the window - surely puppies have got to be more exciting than chipmunks!

Ok, well, maybe not :P

I enjoyed it... not! (?)

D. and I went to see Borat today.

Despite geekchick's ringing endorsement, I was apprehensive about going to see it because I knew it would be offensive and humiliating for almost everyone on screen. I have a fair tolerance for humor that delights in the humiliation of others, but I was a bit worried about D., as it's not really his style.

Well....

There is something in this film to offend just about everyone, but it's a morbidly fascinating watch, less pure entertainment and more sociology experiment that has embarrassingly funny results. Baron Cohen through his alter ego "Borat" has this incredible ability to bring out the worst in almost everyone, and an argument could be made that almost all of his targets deserved the ridicule (some of them are not amused, and while I feel sorry for the tv producer, I think the racist little frat boys deserve what they got).

The best part about watching the film was the sheer astonishment at what people will say - and what Baron Cohen will do or say to get them to say it. It was incredible - he never broke character once, and if anyone in showbiz lacks an "embarrassment chip", it's this guy. Hell, I'd say he even has negative-embarassment chips :P And I'm pretty sure everyone at the rodeo is going to hunt him down and hang him from his microphone :P

So did I enjoy it? Sorta, yeah, in a fascinated watching-the-trainwreck kind of way, but it did demonstrate a repellent side of certain people and institutions. But, some of those people and institutions desperately needed to be ridiculed, if only to demonstrate how awful they are. I will say it's not for everyone though, and if humiliating humor isn't your thing, stay away.

And no, D. was not overly pleased with it, but he is amused that the frat boys think they have a case :P