Aside from making you laugh, the mark of a true satire is its ability to illuminate the

ills of society that lurk right beneath the surface.

And that's exactly what today's film did.

Howdy.

I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A.

My agenda is simple.

Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

Folks, I couldn't be happier with today's lineup because we have actor and writer,

Sasha Baron Cohn, joined by his co-writers, Ant Hines, Dan Mazer, Dan Swimmer,

Jenna Friedman, and Peter Bainham to discuss their latest film, Borat's subsequent movie film.

And you know, I really love this film and this is just a great

ensemble of writers to have together. They really illuminate the process to make this film

and they show all the deep writing that went into it. It's one thing to improvise, but you can't

really improvise the way that they do in this film without having a lock solid path, a conversation path, an outline for

the story at hand and thematics that come to play in the movie. So, you know, they were very forthcoming

about their creative process and what it took to make this difficult film under difficult circumstances

so I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig, I hope you'll check out Backstory Magazine over at Backstory.net.

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