Wow. I am totally crushed by George Saunders’ stunning Borat piece in this week’s New Yorker. Holy mackarel. This is why he won the MacArthur award.
It takes the form of a memo suggesting DVD extras for the film:
SOUTHERN DINING SOCIETY SECTION: Do we have footage of the woman Borat identified as unattractive being consoled in her darkened living room later that night by her husband? Particularly good if, all her life, she’s fought the feeling that she was not attractive, and only recently has come to feel pretty, owing to the steady love of her husband, who does, in fact, find her pretty, in part because of her kindness to him and others in their community—and now all those wounds have been reopened! Also, although she is crying, she tries to cry quietly, so as not to alarm the kids. Super!