During these sociopolitical times, it would seem like a ripe environment for Sacha Baron Cohen's brand of parody and shock humor. So why didn't 'Borat 2' leave as indelible of a mark as the first one?
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'Borat 2' has been in the cultural conversation a lot since it's release and that's drawn very mixed reactions from within the Kazakh diaspora based on their portrayal in Cohen's latest.