The Morning Watch: Why Borat Works Better In 2020, ‘Doom Patrol’ Season 1 Comic Comparison & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, a video essay looks back at the history ofSacha Baron Cohen’s characterBoratand explains why he works better in 2020 than in his first feature film orDa Ali G Show. Plus, see how the first season of the DC Comics seriesDoom Patrolcompares to the comic books that inspired it, and listen toSaturday Night Livecast memberChloe FinemanreadThe Night Before Christmasby way of her man celebrity impressions.
First up, a new video essay from film criticLindsay Ellislooks at the history of Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Borat to see how the character has (or rather hasn’t) evolved since his inception on Da Ali Gi Show. However, as the world has changed around Borat, it has made the character’s schtick in this year’s film sequel somehow work even better than it did in his original movie.
Next, Doom Patrol is now a successful streaming series that began on the DC Universe subscription service and has now jumped over to HBO Max. The series origins are found in a DC Comics anthology comic series called My Greatest Adventure, and it has since seen several different iterations, soCineFixtook a look at the differences and similarities between the comics and the show.
Finally,Saturday Night Livecast member Chloe Fineman brought her many celebrity impressions to live for a reading of The Night Before Christmas onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Listen as she reads the famous holiday poem as Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and of course,Timothée Chalamet.
