Official Sacha Baron Cohen "Who Is America" Fukkery Thread

[Mikael Blowpiff]

I felt like it was a pretty good look at how a good amount of philanthropy and charitable work comes out of self-interest moreso than actually caring about an issue. It's similar to the Kinderguardians sketch in that these people are willing to read ANYTHING off of a teleprompter without giving much consideration to what they're actually saying...how do people get through all of this without considering "this sounds insane." The Kinderguardians joint was especially good to me because they showed one rep actually turning him down to start.



Not related to the quote but related to the thread:
- The Washington Post

The town from the Mosque skit is hella defensive but also says they'll use this to take steps toward improvements...I mean, it sounds like a saving face thing all around but maybe it's the pressure needed to actually get a few people to do some legit soul searching.

im going to hell for this but im at him doing the thumbs up with the rpg

 

[MikeyC]

I dunno about the specific people complaining, but there's a legit gripe in there which deals with the fact that Sasha Baron Cohen, AFAIK, has no clear moral center and thus no ability to stay on message.

With his skills, the impact he could make is incredible. The gun skit. The mosque skit. The georgia representative making an utter fool of himself. The Cheney expose. That stuff is money. (And there are certain people on the left that can and should get such treatment too.)

But too often his "targets" are just stupid or, even worse, just hospitable. Like, not everyone is going to condemn every random idiot that sits down to dinner with them, because they've been raised that you shouldn't be rude to guests. Some of the scenes in the Borat movie weren't even a condemnation of the people in them, they were just pointing out how tolerant some people can be even when they're around asshats. And this dumb chick looked really dumb....but so? There are definitely people equally dumb who post here in some of the subforums. Does that make them bad people?

The worst I heard was with those people in Romania that he filmed for Borat when saying it was Kazakhstan. They didn't even want to do the things he made them do in the scene, like having animals in their homes, but they felt pressured to because he was the foreigner with the film crew. Most of what they said and did was what he made them say and do, and then he twisted it to mean something else and humiliated them. I've always had mixed feelings about him since then.

If he could stay on message and focus on exposing people who are actually ill-willed towards others, he'd be doing God's work. But he loses track of the narrative because he doesn't fully have one.

Nah fukk that

In satire, sometimes you gotta push boundaries, even if it may fly in the face of good taste.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Nah fukk that

In satire, sometimes you gotta push boundaries, even if it may fly in the face of good taste.

Who said anything about "good taste"? That's a bs misrepresentation of my position. I'm talking about him just going out to hurt/mock people who it doesn't do any public good to hurt/mock.

Simple rule: encourage good behavior, discourage bad behavior. When he gets that mixed up he doesn't just waste a segment, but he takes some of the power away from the other segments.

I don't see Sasha having any sort of clear moral center. He's first and foremost doing it for himself.

he didnt do that to prove a point. i think his primary goal is just to get people to say stupid shyt and put them in weird situations for the sake of humor- not to prove a point. been that way since ali g, hes really just a troll.
it just so happens that hes able to get republicans to do and say INSANE things because they have no self control.

Oh okay, I see his game now.

Thats a bit harsh on his end and I feel that exploiting people’s hospitality and social discomfort (who arent republican nutjobs) is cruel if it doesnt have a larger message.

Either way it does produce some hilarious and memorable moments

its definitely very mean spirited. its more obviously so in cases like the opening scenes in borat where he was being really exploitative

Yup.

 

[Strapped]

Will watch the first episode after the fights

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Anyone see it last night? The Roy Moore and the Bonecrusher segments tho

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Anyone see it last night? The Roy Moore and the Bonecrusher segments tho

Yow, this show is the GOAT

 

[BushidoBrown]

drain the swamp

 

[MVike28]

When he showed the different mosque designs and they were absurdly large and the second one was even larger I was fukking dying.

Those cacs brains must have short circuited when they saw that shyt.

Dude is the GOAT troll

I WAS SCREAMING BREHS

When he told that cracker ass cracker that his town is lucky to have black people

that angry CAC at the end WE TOLERATE THEM

 

[LeVraiPapi]

This show is 10x better than Dave Chappelle show. Dude is brilliant.

The Arizona episode was a killer. I bet they probably got paid 100 each to come sit down and listen and sign whatever . When Sacha said " sir, are you a Muslim?"

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

drain the swamp

if you know anything about that region of GA, there's another one like him who's lurking and will know to keep his mouth shut. State is full of these mf's

 

[BushidoBrown]

that Cheney interview
how is there not a hit out on Baron Cohen by now

He couldnt finesse Ted Koppel tho

 

[Dr. Acula]

youre reading too much into him i think.
he didnt do that to prove a point. i think his primary goal is just to get people to say stupid shyt and put them in weird situations for the sake of humor- not to prove a point. been that way since ali g, hes really just a troll.
it just so happens that hes able to get republicans to do and say INSANE things because they have no self control.

Right .

I'm confused by guys in here talking seriously about his message and shyt like this. Dude is just trolling for laugh. You shouldnt look to him as a serious social commentator. Sucking the fun out of this shyt .

 

[King Ming]

This show is 10x better than Dave Chappelle show. Dude is brilliant.

The Arizona episode was a killer. I bet they probably got paid 100 each to come sit down and listen and sign whatever . When Sacha said " sir, are you a Muslim?"

Better than the Chappelle show? SMDH

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Better than the Chappelle show? SMDH

The Chappelle Show was all about caricatures and imitations .This guy is punking real politicians and real people because of their bigotry. Yes better than Chappelle show

 

[King Ming]

The Chappelle Show was all about caricatures and imitations .This guy is punking real politicians and real people because of their bigotry. Yes better than Chappelle show

Exactly! the two shows are different, the other is politically motivated. stop comparing them...

Dave Chappelle >>> Ali G aint even close brehs