I am not a fan of scary movies, and I have not seen any in the Scream or Saw series, but it was still interesting and informative reading about the social commentary in those movies. I was not expecting there to be so many issues addressed by scary movies. I just always thought of those kind of movies as stupid blood-fests with no point or meaning, which is why I never watch them. Perhaps now I'll give them another shot.
Similarly, one can find tons of social commentary in Borat. While it may be clearly evident to some, there are plenty of people who think that Borat is just a crude, stupid movie that makes fun of foreigners. Nothing could be further from the truth. Borat is not making fun of foreigners, it is making fun of Americans. Some may choose to pretend that American society is always politically correct, that bigotry and ignorance do not exist in today's day and age, but this movie brilliantly points out the negative aspects of our culture, the things that nobody talks about out loud because it is common knowledge that they are inappropriate. The movie presents these things in such a way that the audience's first instinct is to laugh at the racism or homophobia of the people interviewed by Borat. Only after, if one chooses to go delve that deep, does the real fact of the matter sink in. Something is wrong with our society when real American citizens, just like you and me, truly have these beliefs. If one chooses to treat Borat as the average crude comedy filled with sexual innuendo and F-bombs, they will miss the point completely.
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