Borat? Not cool. - Bilge

S stuff-o-rama Tiki Socialite Central Coast of California Joined: Nov 20, 2003 Posts: 757	S stuff-o-rama Posted posted on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 8:32 PM On 2006-11-14 23:46, monkeyskull wrote: For anyone not familiar with Cohen/Borat and on the fence about going to the movie, I'd search for "Borat" on YouTube and watch some clips from his HBO and BBC shows. ... Cohen's work is not high brow and it's primary aim is simply to be funny -- but it is also immistakably satire. I tend to believe that exposing the ridiculousness of bigotry does more to mitigate it than any number of speeches and marches. Any film that does that and makes me laugh half as much as "Borat" is quite welcome in my view. [ Edited by: monkeyskull 2006-11-14 23:53 ] Here's an older interview of Sascha Baron Cohen on Letterman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10c0UoZvQI

On 2006-11-14 23:46, monkeyskull wrote:
For anyone not familiar with Cohen/Borat and on the fence about going to the movie, I'd search for "Borat" on YouTube and watch some clips from his HBO and BBC shows. ...

Cohen's work is not high brow and it's primary aim is simply to be funny -- but it is also immistakably satire. I tend to believe that exposing the ridiculousness of bigotry does more to mitigate it than any number of speeches and marches. Any film that does that and makes me laugh half as much as "Borat" is quite welcome in my view.

[ Edited by: monkeyskull 2006-11-14 23:53 ]

Here's an older interview of Sascha Baron Cohen on Letterman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10c0UoZvQI

Post #267045 by stuff-o-rama on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 8:32 PM