Thinking too much on Borat

I was checking out the trailer for the Borat movie today and it got me thinking. I remember when I first saw Borat, it made me think of T. and how he would adapt to life in America if we ever came here. It'd be exciting, and tough, but it would have been filled with these wierd discoveries within American culture. I remember how fascinated he was with one of those pretzel stands in the mall. He watched them make pretzels over and over again while I was shopping. I guess it was the same way when I was living in Japan. I was obsessed with these super-Japanese things like watching soba noodles get made. And it was all so strange to me, but for everyone there, it was normal. I had always thought that the American way of life, or even the western way of life was the standard, but it really isn't. And it was really fantastic, but really disorientating to try to explore that. I'm sure I was interested in some really fringe stuff while I was in Japan (I'm thinking about the Penis Festival, and how not one Japanese person has heard of my favorite Japanese movies.) But I have to hand it to Borat, he's got it down as far as exposing the wierdness deep within the mainstream of American culture. It's amazing he hasn't gotten his ass kicked sideways by now.