Borat returns ahead of US election

LOS ANGELES: In 2006, he shocked the world with his scathing cultural satire of the United States in Borat. Now British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is back with a mockumentary sequel that is garnering mixed reviews two weeks ahead of the US elections.

In Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, available on Amazon Prime from today, Baron Cohen is back in character as racist, sexist Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev who once again travels to America.

This time, the plot revolves around his attempts to marry off his 15yearold daughter to Vicepresident Mike Pence or, failing that, Rudy Giuliani.

While most of the reviews were positive, some found the movie tasteless.

‘‘This joke isn’t funny any more,’’ the Hollywood Reporter said, adding that ‘‘the Trump years make him [Borat] painfully redundant’’. — Reuters