Borat's American Lockdown

The educational part is so disappointing. How could someone miss such a great opportunity to give coherent and understandable arguments. The extended scenes beyond the movie were fun and set a high expectation for the rest of the show. Then they sat down to disprove different points and sure they do but not in a way anybody would want to listen to them. If you're already in agreement with the points being made you already understand them. If you did not understand the points being made, you would have to be paid to watch this. It just isn't interesting. It isn't grabbing. And it definitely is not going to convince anybody of anything. What a wasted opportunity. They keep leading up to an episode with Hillary Clinton and then when you get to that episode it is such a letdown compared to the expectation of an intellectual explaining her position. I easily could've written into that better humor to make the point that would've actually humanized the situation. I don't want to give any spoiler but the actual argument to be made about that conspiracy theory is so easy to make. Well that's the hint to the non-spoiler. It is so easy to make.

The series is funny but more importantly it's really getting all the magat cultists riled up who think evidence based medicine is a liberal conspiracy so that's always nice.

Cohen, I grew up watching you as a young lad, staying up late to watch Ali G on channel 4, loved everything you have previously done, poking fun at the rich, famous and privileged, getting them to make fools of themselves. It appealed to everyone's mischievous side and the humour was quick and witty but this!? Punching down on the most down-trodden and oppressed, laughing at the legitimate concerns of ordinary marginalised people and offering no real evidence to disprove any of their beliefs. This program is a complete embarrassment to your previous work, wheeling out old beloved characters to try and galvanise support for a bunch of corrupt politicians and elites... What on earth have you become!?

Everything Cohen does anymore is political unfortunately. First Not at film was funny. Now all these Borat shows are aimed at discrediting conservative views in a way that takes the craziest of the right wing and makes it look as if its the norm. Both sides do this and its why no progress will ever be made to bring the country together. Wasted talent imo on Cohen's part. He about got the crap kicked out if him at the Trump rally for this attitude. The other reviewer is correct. Watch til after the credits of the first episode.

It's unfortunate. I've always enjoyed Sasha's work. This series had it moments between the leftist beliefs and now, presently, false facts. Disappointing. He could have had so much good material but instead it was politicized. Real shame.