The Stranger

(OVEREXPOSURE) Everywhere Borat goes, people expose themselves as vicious, ignorant boors. There's the rodeo bit, with its bloodthirsty homophobes, and the morally and physically nauseating frat boys. Then there's the naked wrestling where Borat exposes himself. (Hairy!) My favorite moment is in Alabama, when the audience realizes that the kindest, most humane character in the movie is a chubby black hooker and the worst slimeballs are the white southern gentry who condescend to teach Borat etiquette. There is a nihilistic joy in watching these arrogant pricks die of exposure. (See Movie Times for details.) by Brendan Kiley

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