Sacha Baron Cohen: Who is America?

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Looking forward to this.

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Americans just don't understand that British humor. Sigh. :rolleyes:

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It seems to me that he does a good job exposing true feelings of his targets. Kind of like alcohol does, but in human form. Also, it's Baron Cohen, not Cohen you half wit.
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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:24am
It seems to me that he does a good job exposing true feelings of his targets. Kind of like alcohol does, but in human form. Also, it's Baron Cohen, not Cohen you half wit.
I figured it would be (((Baron Cohen))).
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Give me Childish Gambino's This Is America over Baron Cohen.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:52am
JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:24am
It seems to me that he does a good job exposing true feelings of his targets. Kind of like alcohol does, but in human form. Also, it's Baron Cohen, not Cohen you half wit.
I figured it would be (((Baron Cohen))).
Right.
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Silent Majority wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:55am
Give me Childish Gambino's This Is America over Baron Cohen.
Can't it be both?
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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 12:09pm
Silent Majority wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:55am
Give me Childish Gambino's This Is America over Baron Cohen.
Can't it be both?
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Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:41pm
Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
I don't care what anyone thinks. I still love Borat.
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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:57pm
matedog wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:41pm
Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
I don't care what anyone thinks. I still love Borat.
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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:57pm
matedog wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:41pm
Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
I don't care what anyone thinks. I still love Borat.
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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:57pm
matedog wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:41pm
Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
I don't care what anyone thinks. I still love Borat.
I liked Borat.

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JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 11:24am
It seems to me that he does a good job exposing true feelings of his targets. Kind of like alcohol does, but in human form. Also, it's Baron Cohen, not Cohen you half wit.
Exactly, people drop their guard and show their true self. Some people don’t like that I wonder why?

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Mimi wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 6:12pm
JennyB wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:57pm
matedog wrote:
11 Jul 2018, 1:41pm
Some of his Ali G and Bruno bits on the HBO show were amazing. All his fictional stuff has been dramatically worse.
I don't care what anyone thinks. I still love Borat.
I liked Borat.
Borat was my least favorite, but he had his moments. Ali G was my favorite because he was ultimately good natured. Plus he reminds me of portions of people I knew growing up.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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