The Sacha Baron Cohen Poll: Ali G vs. Borat vs. Bruno

THis seems to be very hit and miss. I found myself laughing at a couple of bits but miss seems to outweigh things.
Californian vacuity seems to be a favourite topic of his, at least i'm assuming both of those women were califonian.
Way too much non-firing sketches anyway.
So wonder how many bad pub impressions it will trigger.

Agreed. First episode was pretty zzz. It's been done better many times before and in this batshit political climate not particularly shocking.

The mosque segment was depressing.

i take back some of my criticism after seeing the jason spencer thing.

party clip frog linked is so good

he he yeah it's great

Haha that Bruno clip.. haven’t seen it since it aired but I can still remember vividly the moment when the dude rips off the mic spoffle. Such a weird instantaneous moment of anger.

Still my favourite in terms of sheer nerve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iMjFoT7yWE

whoops

Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer, who attracted nationwide ridicule after yelling obscenities and dropping his pants on Sacha Baron Cohen’s TV show, has submitted his resignation from the Georgia House of Representatives, the office of the House speaker confirmed to The Washington Post early Wednesday.

I guess this is already by default the year's best american journalism then

i was considering adding this to the Looks Like an Onion Headline but Isn't thread...

Georgia State Rep. Jason Spencer to Resign in Wake of Pants-Dropping Debacle

note that "pants-dropping debacle" takes precedence over repeatedly shouting racial slurs and Islamophobic sentiments

that cheese video is agonizing

From BBC:

Mr Spencer had initially refused to quit over what he called a "ridiculously ugly episode".

The four-term representative was defeated in the Republican primary for his seat in May, but had intended to serve his remaining five months in office.

He said in a statement Baron Cohen had taken "advantage of my paralysing fear that my family would be attacked".

"My fears were so heightened at that time, I was not thinking clearly nor could I appreciate what I was agreeing to when I participated in his 'class'," he said.

Mr Spencer apologised to "my family, friends, and the people of my district", adding: "I deeply regret the language I used at (Baron Cohen's) request."

does this mean I have to watch the show now ?
I am not usually a fan of this kind of thing …

v cool that this guy’s able to admit that he’d be so overwhelmed by fear in the event that he was attacked that he’d be of no practical use in defending his family

i assume that his guns will be confiscated by the state for his safety and the safety of others

amazing how far the media contorts itself to avoid calling people racist

Sacha Baron Cohen made an Arizona town seem racist. Now officials are promising change. https://t.co/2ExeY9yILi

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 25, 2018

trying to find that clip yesterday by googling 'kingman az mosque' and it turns out there actually IS a mosque there...

Kingman has the creepiest Walmart I've even been in, which is saying something

"seem" racist

Well to be fair there was what? 40 citizens at the town hall? It would be irresponsible to call the whole town of 45,000 citizens racists because of these 40 folks. Unless there is something about Kingman that I missed. Man I laughed when he announced the Mosque. Parks and Rec had good bits about town halls and what kind of people attend them.

Arizona is hella racist tho like, as a state

I all states are hella racist to varying degrees but like there's "Public Enemy specifically wrote a song about how racist your state is" racist

There are definitely racists in arizona but living in california i met a lot of mexicans who moved/retired in arizona and love it

Also arizona is heavily advertised as a retirement spot in japan, so there are more and more asians there

Well the mayor's response is:

The comments in the show, fairly or unfairly, show that we still have more work to do. So here are additional steps we are going to be taking as ours is a community like too many others in America that still encounter such issues.

Love how politicians are always ready to throw the whole country under the bus when they have pointed fingers at them for racism.

I googled the place as well and it has not only a mosque alreaddy but one quite large and obvious ffs. People are stupid.

Delicious Donut, you have to understand that uh, you have to follow the Constitution and the law and allow people to have guns.

on war footing with tech companies

borat sucks

the naked hotel fight in Borat is the hardest and longest I have ever laughed in a movie. well, either that or PSH in Along Came Polly coining "sharted." god, my mom and I were laughing at both for like 20 minutes.
like sands through the hourglass...

I have to agree about that Borat fight scene. I saw it in a theater, and I was in tears at the end of that scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ryIztqI5g

SBC oughta be careful, his entire project is in danger of cultural redaction

he will be fine

no doubts there

"SBC the human who presumably needs sustenance to keep living" and "SBC's satirical project" are v different things

Is there another Borat thread? the new movie is masterful.

That clip up above (which of course is in the film) feels like a lifetime ago. Also I've had "shoot him up with the wuhan flu' in my head all morning.

Larry Charles to direct Borat movie

Kinda want this to happen now:

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/sacha-baron-cohen-rudy-giuliani-contest-golden-globes-borat-loses-1234614399/