With 2006's Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen's style of Candid Camera-style
comedy reached the mainstream. The film earned $128 million and became
something of a cultural phenomenon.Cohen's problem: the success of the Borat character made a sequel impossible. Much of the film's appeal came from the way that "Borat" interacted with real people. Though clearly some - much? - of it was staged, enough of the movie generated laughs via the mixture of character and reality that a challenge emerged. Cohen couldn't venture into the world as Borat and expect people to believe him anymore.
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