"May George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq!"
Just when you thought nothing could offend people anymore, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" has arrived.
Combining the quotable qualities of "Napoleon Dynamite," the political ambitions of "Team America: World Police" and more Jewish jokes than you'll find in a handful of "South Park" episodes, "Borat" is the funniest film I've seen in my short life.
Though once a man named Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat feels like more than a character. He is an unaware crusader against political correctness, an alien viewpoint that we are forced to see our own culture from and - even if you don't buy into any of the previous statements - a comedic genius.
Tackling the tough issues of today's world ("political, social and Jew"), "Borat" follows a reporter from a small village in Kazakhstan along his journey across "U.S. and A" for cultural insight.
Though originally confined to the state of New York, Borat becomes determined to travel to California after developing an obsession with Pamela Anderson, whom he stayed up all night watching in "Baywatch" reruns.
According to Borat, Anderson has "golden hair, teeth of white pearls ... and the asshole of a 7-year-old."
After much trouble convincing his producer Azamat to go with him to the Golden State, the two travel by ice-cream truck - rather than flying, "in case the Jews repeat their attacks of 9/11" - for an epic cross-country adventure that feels like an instant classic.
Along the way, Borat somehow manages face time with high-ranking political figures, gets a spot on an unsuspecting TV station's news show, sings his own national anthem at a Virginia rodeo and reveals several prejudices of the everyday American populace.
At points, I questioned just how much of the U.S. filming was real versus being staged, but the movie's representatives insist that it was all one-take, real reactions and that Cohen did not once break character from Borat during all of filming, even when arrested.
While there will be a few who will be unable to get past the offensive material and laud Borat as another teat-suckling Tom Green, I encourage those people to look closer. Then, look even more closely.
And they'll still just see two grown, hairy men wrestling naked.
Oh well. At least I tried.
'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'
♆♆♆♆♆
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson
Rating: R for profanity and nudity
