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Excape that Mahir's site originated in 1998, while Cohen performed Borat sketches at least four years earlier.

No, Chekhov's gun is a technique that helps trim the fat from a screenplay. Here's another statement of it that may make that clearer: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." The Whedon chicken...

Fair enough. Sorry, that's probably the most obscure reference I've ever made. Anton Chekov, a famous Russian playwrite, said that "One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." Joss Whedon, the guy behind (producer and some time director/writer)...

Mostly yes, but the humour isn't just the gay jokes, racist jokes or slapstick. Mostly, there's a subtext that's biting satire and a real cut at some of western culture. Mostly, he mocks all of the attitudes that he seems to be feeding. Also, Cohen sticks to the excellent Chekov-Whedon rule...

Interesting. I haven't seen much negative opinion about it before. What do you guys dislike about it?

I saw Borat: Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Great Nation of Kazakstan last night. I haven't laughed so much in a while. Anyone else seen it?