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      <title>Film:Da Ali G Show [TV Series]</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Da Ali G Show [TV Series]<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2003<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> A longtime favorite of British TV, comedian <a href="/players/P___330033/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sacha Baron Cohen</a> rose to popularity via his hilarious alter ego, slang-spouting "hip-hop journalist" Ali G. By the time Cohen's <a href=/films/224776/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Da Ali G Show</a> was brought to America courtesy of HBO, the star had added two other alternate personalities to his repertoire: Borat, a chatty but incredibly naïve Kazakstani TV personality, and Bruno, a flighty Austrian fashion reporter. Though highlights included such nonsense as Ali G posing as a recruit for the Philadelphia Police Department, the main attraction of the series was Cohen's satirical interviews of such high-profile personalities as Newt Gingrich, Ed Meese, and Buzz Aldrin, none of whom were aware that the whole enterprise was a big joke (and most of whom were outraged when their interviews were broadcast without their permission). The six-episode American incarnation of <a href=/films/224776/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Da Ali G Show</a> premiered February 21, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:26:07 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Da Ali G Show [TV Series]</spout:Title><spout:Year>2003</spout:Year><spout:Plot>A longtime favorite of British TV, comedian &lt;a href="/players/P___330033/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sacha Baron Cohen&lt;/a&gt; rose to popularity via his hilarious alter ego, slang-spouting "hip-hop journalist" Ali G. By the time Cohen's &lt;a href=/films/224776/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Da Ali G Show&lt;/a&gt; was brought to America courtesy of HBO, the star had added two other alternate personalities to his repertoire: Borat, a chatty but incredibly naïve Kazakstani TV personality, and Bruno, a flighty Austrian fashion reporter. Though highlights included such nonsense as Ali G posing as a recruit for the Philadelphia Police Department, the main attraction of the series was Cohen's satirical interviews of such high-profile personalities as Newt Gingrich, Ed Meese, and Buzz Aldrin, none of whom were aware that the whole enterprise was a big joke (and most of whom were outraged when their interviews were broadcast without their permission). The six-episode American incarnation of &lt;a href=/films/224776/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Da Ali G Show&lt;/a&gt; premiered February 21, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:Numberoflists>8</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>4</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/images/no_image.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Da_Ali_G_Show_TV_Series/223338/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Brüno</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/8/19/43642.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/19/2009 4:26:07 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Br&uuml;no The last of the three Sacha Baron Cohen characters from Da Ali G Show to get it's own feature film.  Comparisons to the previous film Borat are unavoidable as the filmmakers practically encouraged it. With pretty much the same filmmaking team, Br&uuml;no is clearly an attempt to recreate the success fo Borat by sticking to the same structure.  Both films are a documentary style with a mix of staged and improvised scenes about a foreigner coming to America with a quest.  He travels around the country to different venues with his comrade who he gets angry at and abandons before being reunited at the end.  So there are no chances taken on the structure.  If it worked for you last time, hopefully it will work for you again.  Just don't expect any surprises there. Now about the actual character and the meat of the scenes.  Here is where Br&uuml;no in the movie is different from the movie Borat, and most of the time it doesn't work as well.  If you could describe Borat with one word, one thing he is about and that Cohen is trying to convey to the people he meets, it is "foreign".  To many Americans "foreign" means strange.  And people seem to be delusional about how "strange" a foreign person could or should be. For people who are extremely concerned about being polite and PC, Borat gets away with taking a shit at a table and not getting as harsh of a reaction as fellow America.  He plays catch with a football and can't seem to figure out how to catch it from two feet away, or throw it more than a foot.  He can't even figure out how to hold it.  But people aren't as bemused as they should be.  Can being foreign sometimes mean that you don't even know how to hold a ball (when there is apparently nothing physically wrong with you)?  No, it basically means you are retarded. For people who are themselves a bit immoral in their racism or sexism, they have found a friend in Borat who provides many of the same predilections.  Of course sometimes Borat finds himself on the harsh end of the racism himself. Now Br&uuml;no is also foreign, but if there was one word to describe him, this would not be it.  His word is clearly "gay".  And while Cohen can make up whatever kind of strange behavior he would like to come off as "foreign", being "gay" already has all of it's own established stereotypes.  And in this movie Br&uuml;no pushes them so hard that I think even most gay people and gay rights activists would be antagonized.  I never thought I'd say this until I saw the movie, but the Br&uuml;no in the Da Ali G Show TV show actually now seems like it had some subtlety and restraint.  Thus in the movie we don't get that portion of reactions like in Borat where people seem to be sympathetic to him despite crossing lines.  Most people who go along with him are people who are almost more depraved then him.  The most memorable of these is probably also the most memorable scene in the movie for me:  the interview with the parents of toddlers auditioning to be in a music video who will subject their children to no limits of unspeakable danger and humiliation just to get them work in show business.  I'm not kidding.  There are no limits.  It is shocking and disgusting, but unlike some other portions of this movie, in an important way that needs to be exposed. I might sound like I didn't like the movie more than I did though.  I did enjoy it, I just think there was potential for it to have been better.  Or maybe I'm just getting a little worn out of a good thing. Bradolf Pittler Rating: 8/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:26:07 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/19/2009 4:26:07 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Br&amp;uuml;no The last of the three Sacha Baron Cohen characters from Da Ali G Show to get it's own feature film.  Comparisons to the previous film Borat are unavoidable as the filmmakers practically encouraged it. With pretty much the same filmmaking team, Br&amp;uuml;no is clearly an attempt to recreate the success fo Borat by sticking to the same structure.  Both films are a documentary style with a mix of staged and improvised scenes about a foreigner coming to America with a quest.  He travels around the country to different venues with his comrade who he gets angry at and abandons before being reunited at the end.  So there are no chances taken on the structure.  If it worked for you last time, hopefully it will work for you again.  Just don't expect any surprises there. Now about the actual character and the meat of the scenes.  Here is where Br&amp;uuml;no in the movie is different from the movie Borat, and most of the time it doesn't work as well.  If you could describe Borat with one word, one thing he is about and that Cohen is trying to convey to the people he meets, it is "foreign".  To many Americans "foreign" means strange.  And people seem to be delusional about how "strange" a foreign person could or should be. For people who are extremely concerned about being polite and PC, Borat gets away with taking a shit at a table and not getting as harsh of a reaction as fellow America.  He plays catch with a football and can't seem to figure out how to catch it from two feet away, or throw it more than a foot.  He can't even figure out how to hold it.  But people aren't as bemused as they should be.  Can being foreign sometimes mean that you don't even know how to hold a ball (when there is apparently nothing physically wrong with you)?  No, it basically means you are retarded. For people who are themselves a bit immoral in their racism or sexism, they have found a friend in Borat who provides many of the same predilections.  Of course sometimes Borat finds himself on the harsh end of the racism himself. Now Br&amp;uuml;no is also foreign, but if there was one word to describe him, this would not be it.  His word is clearly "gay".  And while Cohen can make up whatever kind of strange behavior he would like to come off as "foreign", being "gay" already has all of it's own established stereotypes.  And in this movie Br&amp;uuml;no pushes them so hard that I think even most gay people and gay rights activists would be antagonized.  I never thought I'd say this until I saw the movie, but the Br&amp;uuml;no in the Da Ali G Show TV show actually now seems like it had some subtlety and restraint.  Thus in the movie we don't get that portion of reactions like in Borat where people seem to be sympathetic to him despite crossing lines.  Most people who go along with him are people who are almost more depraved then him.  The most memorable of these is probably also the most memorable scene in the movie for me:  the interview with the parents of toddlers auditioning to be in a music video who will subject their children to no limits of unspeakable danger and humiliation just to get them work in show business.  I'm not kidding.  There are no limits.  It is shocking and disgusting, but unlike some other portions of this movie, in an important way that needs to be exposed. I might sound like I didn't like the movie more than I did though.  I did enjoy it, I just think there was potential for it to have been better.  Or maybe I'm just getting a little worn out of a good thing. Bradolf Pittler Rating: 8/10</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 5 Lovable Movie Racists</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/12/18/38568.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/18/2008 5:00:50 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Don’t you just hate when the movies make you care about a bigot? Sure, racists are technically humans, but that doesn’t mean we need to sympathize with them, right? No matter how great the film, it should be very difficult to accept the softening of intolerant people.
Yet the lovable racist is not uncommon in cinema. In fact, out in theaters right now are two films dealing with this type of character. The Reader presents a cold Concentration Camp guard (Kate Winslet) for whom we’re meant to shed a tear, and Gran Torino focuses on a War Veteran stereotype (Clint Eastwood) who may evoke from the audience as much amusement as disgust.
Maybe it’s like picking a scab, watching these kinds of movies. Some great films, such as Downfall, may only welcome an understanding of someone so heinous as Adolph Hitler, but other films have allowed us to totally enjoy racist protagonists of lesser offense. Check out the following examples to see some of the many intolerant heroes we’ve easily tolerated.

Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers (1956)
Compared to many classic westerns, John Ford’s The Searchers is not necessarily racist towards Native Americans. Yet it does feature one of the most unapologetically racist characters in film history, one who influenced many subsequent intolerants like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones. Ethan is such a badass bigot that he’d even kill his own niece for mating with a Commanche. Despite all his racism, though, audiences can’t help but like Ethan throughout much of The Searchers, because although Ford clearly looks down upon his hatred, the film also treats the character as a heroic man of his time. It’s a love him and hate him at the same time sort of thing.
Pino (John Turturro) in Do the Right Thing (1989)
In a way, almost everyone in Spike Lee’s classic is at least a little bit racist, evident in the famous slur montage. But it’s Pino who is the most ignorant, calling black people “the N word” on a regular basis. Yet we may forgive him, just as Mookie (Lee) does, because his bigotry is brought about through a combo of stupidity and culture. After all, if he’s a fan of Magic Johnson and Eddie Murphy, he can’t be a true racist. Right?
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) in As Good as It Gets (1997)
He’s portrayed as mostly hateful towards gays and women, but Melvin is also plenty racist. He tells Frank (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to “think white” and earlier, when yelling for police, he shouts, “Assault and battery! And you’re black!” But who can resist Jack? He may be a total bigot, but it’s okay, because he’s got OCD and he’s ultimately good to a sick little boy and his mother (Helen Hunt). He even reluctantly bonds with the gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear). What’s not to love about this Oscar-winning character?
Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Whether you’re Rob Corddry in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay or Billy Bob Thornton in any number of films, it’s okay to be a bigot if you’re hilariously extreme in your intolerance. Sacha Baron Cohen takes the cake with his Borat character, though, when it comes to loveable racists. Hey, it’s satire! He holds up a mirror to explore our own racism, displayed best in a pre-film scene from Da Ali G Show, in which an audience of rednecks joins him in singing, “Throw the Jew Down the Well.” In the movie, he similarly gets applause at a rodeo for suggesting America kills all Iraqi men, women and children.
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) in This Is England (2006)
He’s the most adorable little skinhead ever, so how can we stop loving Shaun when he ignorantly joins up with the Nationalist ex-con Combo (Stephen Graham)? Isn’t it cute when Shaun is being racist towards the Pakistani shopkeeper? It’s not like he’s the real bigot; that’s Combo. Shaun is just too young to understand at age 12 that losing his father to the Falkland War is not an excuse for racism. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:00:50 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/18/2008 5:00:50 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Don’t you just hate when the movies make you care about a bigot? Sure, racists are technically humans, but that doesn’t mean we need to sympathize with them, right? No matter how great the film, it should be very difficult to accept the softening of intolerant people.
Yet the lovable racist is not uncommon in cinema. In fact, out in theaters right now are two films dealing with this type of character. The Reader presents a cold Concentration Camp guard (Kate Winslet) for whom we’re meant to shed a tear, and Gran Torino focuses on a War Veteran stereotype (Clint Eastwood) who may evoke from the audience as much amusement as disgust.
Maybe it’s like picking a scab, watching these kinds of movies. Some great films, such as Downfall, may only welcome an understanding of someone so heinous as Adolph Hitler, but other films have allowed us to totally enjoy racist protagonists of lesser offense. Check out the following examples to see some of the many intolerant heroes we’ve easily tolerated.

Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers (1956)
Compared to many classic westerns, John Ford’s The Searchers is not necessarily racist towards Native Americans. Yet it does feature one of the most unapologetically racist characters in film history, one who influenced many subsequent intolerants like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones. Ethan is such a badass bigot that he’d even kill his own niece for mating with a Commanche. Despite all his racism, though, audiences can’t help but like Ethan throughout much of The Searchers, because although Ford clearly looks down upon his hatred, the film also treats the character as a heroic man of his time. It’s a love him and hate him at the same time sort of thing.
Pino (John Turturro) in Do the Right Thing (1989)
In a way, almost everyone in Spike Lee’s classic is at least a little bit racist, evident in the famous slur montage. But it’s Pino who is the most ignorant, calling black people “the N word” on a regular basis. Yet we may forgive him, just as Mookie (Lee) does, because his bigotry is brought about through a combo of stupidity and culture. After all, if he’s a fan of Magic Johnson and Eddie Murphy, he can’t be a true racist. Right?
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) in As Good as It Gets (1997)
He’s portrayed as mostly hateful towards gays and women, but Melvin is also plenty racist. He tells Frank (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to “think white” and earlier, when yelling for police, he shouts, “Assault and battery! And you’re black!” But who can resist Jack? He may be a total bigot, but it’s okay, because he’s got OCD and he’s ultimately good to a sick little boy and his mother (Helen Hunt). He even reluctantly bonds with the gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear). What’s not to love about this Oscar-winning character?
Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Whether you’re Rob Corddry in Harold &amp; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay or Billy Bob Thornton in any number of films, it’s okay to be a bigot if you’re hilariously extreme in your intolerance. Sacha Baron Cohen takes the cake with his Borat character, though, when it comes to loveable racists. Hey, it’s satire! He holds up a mirror to explore our own racism, displayed best in a pre-film scene from Da Ali G Show, in which an audience of rednecks joins him in singing, “Throw the Jew Down the Well.” In the movie, he similarly gets applause at a rodeo for suggesting America kills all Iraqi men, women and children.
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) in This Is England (2006)
He’s the most adorable little skinhead ever, so how can we stop loving Shaun when he ignorantly joins up with the Nationalist ex-con Combo (Stephen Graham)? Isn’t it cute when Shaun is being racist towards the Pakistani shopkeeper? It’s not like he’s the real bigot; that’s Combo. Shaun is just too young to understand at age 12 that losing his father to the Falkland War is not an excuse for racism. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Bruno's Prank: Arkansas Cage Fights Turn Gay, Crowd Goes Crazy</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/lopezdash/archive/2008/7/9/32319.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/89318/default.aspx'>lopezdash</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/lopezdash/default.aspx'>The Movie Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/9/2008 10:26:41 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Our good friends at the Associated Press are reporting that an Arkansas cage fighting event recently got the Sacha Baron Cohen treatment.  Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing . "We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month. Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the faked fights. One of Baron Cohen's movies is due out next year. The day after the June 5 Texarkana bout, Fort Smith's convention center hosted "Blue Collar Brawlin.'" Fort Smith police Sgt. Adam Holland said organizers told him a character named "Straight Dave" would goad a planted audience member into the ring for a fight. The two men would then wrestle, rip away some of their clothes and share a brief kiss reminiscent of one between Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell in the film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Producers said "there would be a romantic embrace," Holland said. "They said it was kind of to essentially make fun, poke fun at wrestling _ two guys rolling around on the floor, all sweaty." An elaborate array of mounted and handheld video cameras caught the crowd of 1,600's reaction as the two men "went right up to the line" of the city's morality laws, Holland said. The two men stripped down to their underwear, kissed and rubbed on each other, the sergeant said. The audience, as well as local fighters drawn to take part in the show, became enraged. "It set the crowd off lobbing beers," Holland said. "They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually." Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel. Those in attendance were told by several signs on display that they'd be filmed, Holland said, and signed waivers before the event. Convention center sales director Karin Hobbs declined to name the event's sponsor Monday. Baron Cohen became a national celebrity after his 2006 hit movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," in which he played a bumbling reporter from the Central Asia nation. News of the faked cage fights comes as Baron Cohen is in production of a movie titled "Bruno," named after the gay Austrian fashion reporter he developed for "Da Ali G Show." Baron Cohen, in the guise of Bruno, often interviewed hapless subjects in the South. If the cage match visits came from Baron Cohen, it wouldn't be the first time Arkansas fell for a practical joke. In 2000, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee fell for a prank and congratulated Canada for preserving its icebound Parliament, calling it a "national igloo." <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:26:41 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>lopezdash</spout:postby><spout:postto>The Movie Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/9/2008 10:26:41 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Our good friends at the Associated Press are reporting that an Arkansas cage fighting event recently got the Sacha Baron Cohen treatment.  Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing . "We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month. Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the faked fights. One of Baron Cohen's movies is due out next year. The day after the June 5 Texarkana bout, Fort Smith's convention center hosted "Blue Collar Brawlin.'" Fort Smith police Sgt. Adam Holland said organizers told him a character named "Straight Dave" would goad a planted audience member into the ring for a fight. The two men would then wrestle, rip away some of their clothes and share a brief kiss reminiscent of one between Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell in the film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Producers said "there would be a romantic embrace," Holland said. "They said it was kind of to essentially make fun, poke fun at wrestling _ two guys rolling around on the floor, all sweaty." An elaborate array of mounted and handheld video cameras caught the crowd of 1,600's reaction as the two men "went right up to the line" of the city's morality laws, Holland said. The two men stripped down to their underwear, kissed and rubbed on each other, the sergeant said. The audience, as well as local fighters drawn to take part in the show, became enraged. "It set the crowd off lobbing beers," Holland said. "They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually." Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel. Those in attendance were told by several signs on display that they'd be filmed, Holland said, and signed waivers before the event. Convention center sales director Karin Hobbs declined to name the event's sponsor Monday. Baron Cohen became a national celebrity after his 2006 hit movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," in which he played a bumbling reporter from the Central Asia nation. News of the faked cage fights comes as Baron Cohen is in production of a movie titled "Bruno," named after the gay Austrian fashion reporter he developed for "Da Ali G Show." Baron Cohen, in the guise of Bruno, often interviewed hapless subjects in the South. If the cage match visits came from Baron Cohen, it wouldn't be the first time Arkansas fell for a practical joke. In 2000, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee fell for a prank and congratulated Canada for preserving its icebound Parliament, calling it a "national igloo." </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2007/8/21/18475.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/21/2007 10:30:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanI&#39;ve been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen for a while.  Before he brought Ali G to the US, my friend Nick discovered the original British show when he was staying over in London.  We all watched clips of it over the internet and thought it was brillaint.   Pleasantly surprised when he started making a splash in my country as time wore on.I was not a big fan of the Ali G movie Ali G Indahouse from what I remember.  I think it was because it was entirely scripted with actors.  I believe Cohen&#39;s outrageousness can only come alive in his interviews.The Borat movie is nearly perfect.  Not necessarily any better than what had already been seen on Da Ali G Show, but I don&#39;t know how you could get much better than that.I&#39;m not going to try to dissect or interpret too heavily here what Borat says about what Cohen is saying, what this movie says about American, what is says about the audience, is there a moral dilemma associated with this type of movie making, and many other big questions like that, because they have been discussed in other areas of this site already I think.  And I do not have any easy answers either though.I think primarily what I find interesting about what Borat is that it reveals how many American people will accept certain inhuman behaviors from foreign people as if it is part of their culture.  It&#39;s amazing to me that people could put up with a grown man with absolutely no conception of how to throw or catch a ball and attribute that to some foreign trait.  That they would shit in a bag if a toilet was available.  And a lot of other just outrageous things.  Even if it was part of the other person&#39;s culture, why would they put up with it!  Because they believe they are being kind and politically correct.  Very silly.I find this movie to be absolutely wonderful and hilarious.  You may disagree with me.  But then again, I love the Jackass movies too.Rating: 9/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/21/2007 10:30:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanI&amp;#39;ve been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen for a while.  Before he brought Ali G to the US, my friend Nick discovered the original British show when he was staying over in London.  We all watched clips of it over the internet and thought it was brillaint.   Pleasantly surprised when he started making a splash in my country as time wore on.I was not a big fan of the Ali G movie Ali G Indahouse from what I remember.  I think it was because it was entirely scripted with actors.  I believe Cohen&amp;#39;s outrageousness can only come alive in his interviews.The Borat movie is nearly perfect.  Not necessarily any better than what had already been seen on Da Ali G Show, but I don&amp;#39;t know how you could get much better than that.I&amp;#39;m not going to try to dissect or interpret too heavily here what Borat says about what Cohen is saying, what this movie says about American, what is says about the audience, is there a moral dilemma associated with this type of movie making, and many other big questions like that, because they have been discussed in other areas of this site already I think.  And I do not have any easy answers either though.I think primarily what I find interesting about what Borat is that it reveals how many American people will accept certain inhuman behaviors from foreign people as if it is part of their culture.  It&amp;#39;s amazing to me that people could put up with a grown man with absolutely no conception of how to throw or catch a ball and attribute that to some foreign trait.  That they would shit in a bag if a toilet was available.  And a lot of other just outrageous things.  Even if it was part of the other person&amp;#39;s culture, why would they put up with it!  Because they believe they are being kind and politically correct.  Very silly.I find this movie to be absolutely wonderful and hilarious.  You may disagree with me.  But then again, I love the Jackass movies too.Rating: 9/10</spout:body></item>
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