No more Borat

[RoryN]

Sacha Baron Cohen says he's done with his disguise days. Too dangerous to continue.

Thoughts on character Borat's "career"?

 

[rockcasbah]

I liked Borat more than Ali G.

 

[rockcasbah]

He's right that there are limits to his ability to satirize america with such a pointy stick.

Most americans here probably don't find him all that funny, e.g.

I do like him as a dramatic actor; the Chicago 7 movie and there one where he plays a Mossaad spy in Iran, both very good.

 

[IdeasMarauder]

Sacha Baron Cohen says he's done with his disguise days. Too dangerous to continue.

Thoughts on character Borat's "career"?

He's recognised, probably wisely, that you can't get away with that anymore.

 

[RoryN]

He's recognised, probably wisely, that you can't get away with that anymore.

He shouldn't have been able to get away with it in the first place.

But, then again, good portions of the American South still think they won the Civil War. So, not the sharpest tools.

 

[coati]

The Borat character was very good at exposing the insanity of "American Exceptionalism", long before this insanity was formally institutionalized in the Republican Party by Donald Trump.

I love those scenes where Cohen riles up a mostly racist crowd at a fair, and then is forced to leave town in a big hurry when the local media reveals that he was just putting people on. His skill in creating excruciatingly uncomfortable performance art rivals that of Andy Kaufman.

But, yeah, since America now has its own "Christian" version of Sharia Law, his brand of performance art is a very risky proposition.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

The Borat character was very good at exposing the insanity of "American Exceptionalism", long before this insanity was formally institutionalized in the Republican Party by Donald Trump.

I love those scenes where Cohen riles up a mostly racist crowd at a fair, and then is forced to leave town in a big hurry when the local media reveals that he was just putting people on. His skill in creating excruciatingly uncomfortable performance art rivals that of Andy Kaufman.

But, yeah, since America now has its own "Christian" version of Sharia Law, his brand of performance art is a very risky proposition.

Don't disrespect the flag or some trumptard will beat you with it.

 

[rockcasbah]

Hadn’t thought of the kaufman comparo before; thanks!

 

[Dribble]

I think I heard him giving an interview on NPR about how he wore a bulletproof vest in his last event cause of threats by Republicans

 

[PaxNurgle]

I actually loved "Borat" but you're right; it's harder to get away with that nowadays. It's like, you can't even be funny anymore without SOMEONE getting all uptight and offended, and wanting to boycott you for this or that reason. "Bruno," on the other hand, was a little over the top for me but that's just how it was; I wasn't really offended as much as, you know, it just wasn't for me.