Borat meets some Gen Z YouTube influencers, is very Borat about it

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We’re mere hours away from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the surprise sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen’s seminal 2006 satire. It couldn’t have come at a more opportune time in American culture, either, what with our pandemics, strongmen presidents, and blatant antisemitisms. Baron Cohen has been making the media rounds, such as they are these days, over the past couple weeks to promote his new “moviefilm,” but it’s his recent encounter with a group of Gen Z YouTube influencers (in this case, David Dobrik and company) that features some of his best ad-libbed advertising yet.