Borat? Not cool. - Bilge

RG Rev. Griz Member Distant Shores of the Great Salt Lake Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 75	RG Rev. Griz Posted posted on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 12:56 PM That whole schtick of putting people in uncomfortable situations and laughing at their discomfort doesn't sit well with me. I haven't seen the Borat movie, but I've watched Cohen on HBO more than once. It didn't seem like it took very much talent to say off the wall crap to someone and watcht them squirm. I have to say that I'm amazed that the movie is doing as well as it's doing, and if I was judgemental I'd worry about our kids these days being reduced to the lowest common denominator of hostile, mocking humor and having no appreciation for the subtleties of a Dennis Miller or the creativity of a Monty Python, but I love Jackass and Jay and Silent Bob too, so who am I to judge? "I saw a wino eating grapes...I said, Dude! You gotta wait!" -- Mitch Hedburg

That whole schtick of putting people in uncomfortable situations and laughing at their discomfort doesn't sit well with me. I haven't seen the Borat movie, but I've watched Cohen on HBO more than once. It didn't seem like it took very much talent to say off the wall crap to someone and watcht them squirm. I have to say that I'm amazed that the movie is doing as well as it's doing, and if I was judgemental I'd worry about our kids these days being reduced to the lowest common denominator of hostile, mocking humor and having no appreciation for the subtleties of a Dennis Miller or the creativity of a Monty Python, but I love Jackass and Jay and Silent Bob too, so who am I to judge?

"I saw a wino eating grapes...I said, Dude! You gotta wait!"
-- Mitch Hedburg

Post #266927 by Rev. Griz on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 12:56 PM