"Borat 2" might be the most clever feminist movie in recent memory. I love that people who are watching it are clearly enjoying it and then going: "Wait... is this... is this feminist?"
I do think a lot of "satire" isn't nearly as insightful or interrogating as it pretends to be. "Borat 2" somehow takes a lot of shock humor and turns it on its head in a way that makes you ask questions about everyone in the film; it provokes interrogation, even while laughing.
Like... I honestly wish literally anyone would make a film with this kind of verve and accessibility on trans issues -- that viewers would enjoy themselves and ask questions about gender identity that the satire guides them in. I don't know that would look, but I wish it existed.
ANYWAY... I know some folks get annoyed when I take a fun movie and get serious about it, so I'll leave it there. But I did think it worth pointing those things out. Take them for what you will!
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