Who is America -- Sacha Baron Cohen / Showtime

[SizzleChest 8284]

Watched the first episode.

Ali G / Borat on steroids.  More characters, more topics, more hilarious.

[MissingInAction 25187]

Can't decide which character is my favorite. The makeup is incredible but the Israeli lunatic is probably the most disturbing. 

[kevwun 15905]

He died doing what I loved.  Also, if the weird southern couple weren't in on the joke, holy shit.

[Dutchrudder 11151]

I thought the first 2/3 was kinda meh, but that last bit about the Kinderguardian program was insane and funny, but I felt bad for laughing. Those are some real politicians.

[MissingInAction 25187]

So the scat artist is supposed to be Kevin morgan, right?

[RPM 26355]

3 hours ago, SizzleChest said:

Ali G / Borat on steroids.

All I needed to know. Hard out.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Can't decide which character is my favorite. The makeup is incredible but the Israeli lunatic is probably the most disturbing. 

Yeah Israeli Frankenstein was so over the top (makeup and content) I’m surprised he got anywhere. Toward the end, getting the gun lobbyist to use the words “Blink 182” and “Wiz Khalifa” in describing the Kinderguardians program made me legit lulz. 

Bernie Sanders is the only one who came off looking sane in that whole show. Oh god I’m bad teammate. 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, RPM said:

All I needed to know. Hard out.

Oh, you have this terrible opinion also, huh?

[C-Man 27262]

I loved Ali G/Borat/Bruno on the original show he did. Just hysterical. Read a mixed review on this and watched a clip of him as the former Mossad agent. I'll give it a shot, though. Was going to cancel Showtime but will wait on that now.

[RPM 26355]

58 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Oh, you have this terrible opinion also, huh?

The only thing terrible is Sasha Baron Cohen and my opinion hasn't wavered. 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, RPM said:

The only thing terrible is Sasha Baron Cohen and my opinion hasn't wavered. 

You’re gayer than a pink wall. 

[RPM 26355]

Looks like I triggered Rexy.

[Facemask 103]

Besides Borat's 1st half.. you fuckers have no taste

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[Buzzrock 14941]

I thought Ali G was great, and I loved some of Borat. But the fact that he lies to get the meetings is kind of off-putting to me. I’ll check it out though.

I heard on the radio that he actually buries the true intent of the show deep into the contract language far past where people stop reading. That’s how he gets permission to air his pranks. Dunno if that’s true or not.

[atomheartbevo 89805]

The Israeli character needed a mustache and he’d be Freddie Mercury.

[qwertyu1234 496]

Would dumb/pretentious art chick who gave the cohen's character some of her pubes.

She seems fun.

 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I thought Ali G was great, and I loved some of Borat. But the fact that he lies to get the meetings is kind of off-putting to me. I’ll check it out though.

I heard on the radio that he actually buries the true intent of the show deep into the contract language far past where people stop reading. That’s how he gets permission to air his pranks. Dunno if that’s true or not.

None of that matters. What is beautiful is when one of his characters asks a totally ridiculous question and the guy he’s interviewing plays along. There is nothing saying they can’t stop it right there. But the idiots don’t. And he airs it. 

I’ll admit a lot of this drags but a lot of it is funny. Getting Bernie Sanders and Trent Lott and others to engage is funny. The last half of the show, mainly the Israeli Mossad guy, is hysterical. 

[TriStone 1724]

4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I thought Ali G was great, and I loved some of Borat. But the fact that he lies to get the meetings is kind of off-putting to me. I’ll check it out though.

If a person is so out of touch that they don't sniff him out from a mile away, they kind of deserve whatever happens.

[MissingInAction 25187]

He's exposing hypocrisy, and it's fucking funny.  I don't care how he does it.

[HtownHorn 14780]

Apparently everyone that watched the show is on this thread.

[Smax 3800]

He tried to pull one of his stunts at a gun store in California, the owner called him out and he fled leaving his production crew at the store. His brand of humor doesn't appeal to me, borat and ali g were stupid IMO but he married isla fisher and shes smoke so hes got that going for him

[MissingInAction 25187]

Bit too much fat dude butt last night, but funny as fuck.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2740]

Ali G and Borat are greatness. Most of you are misled and should be ashamed.

[Buzzrock 14941]

Heh

[52-80 19252]

It's deeply disturbing that the people on that show have legislative and otherwise influential power.

[Buzzrock 14941]

It's deeply disturbing that the people on that show have legislative and otherwise influential power.

The Georgia legislator that they showed is an absolute assbag, and if he’s drummed out of politics as a result of this then good riddance. There’s a reason SBC picked him.

[Bartles 769]

On 7/19/2018 at 10:25 PM, qwertyu1234 said:

Would dumb/pretentious art chick who gave the cohen's character some of her pubes.

She seems fun.

 

She is Austin native Christy Cones

Quote

So you never felt manipulated to cut off your pubic hair?

They cut it so you don’t get the full story there, but I wouldn’t say I was manipulated. And even if I were, I think a person can be manipulated and at the same time have free will. The two aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. I hope that doesn’t sound profound or anything. I really believe it. I definitely wanted to be entertaining and I know that was an obeying moment. The important thing is, in my perspective, everything is fair game for art. Especially when you live in a time period like we live in.

 

[Buzzrock 14941]

The Georgia legislator that they showed is an absolute assbag, and if he’s drummed out of politics as a result of this then good riddance. There’s a reason SBC picked him.

Good news, dipshit is resigning:

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/breaking-lawmaker-who-used-racial-slurs-show-resigns/PZeFXPfA9xo98b62amubzN/

Gotta give SBC some credit for that.

[kevwun 15905]

The show was worth it if he exposed one asshole like that.

Edited July 25, 2018 by kevwun

[Spaceman Spiff 403]

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

The show was worth it if he exposed one asshole like that.

If I remember the bit correctly, I think the guy exposed his own asshole.  And the proceeded to try to ram it into things.

[shakahorn 1645]

The funniest part of that GA legislator was not so much the n-word but asking him to act like a Chinese tourist. ‘Sushi, Ho Chi Minh City” and whatever other random Asian words he threw out.

[Deej 76926]

4 hours ago, shakahorn said:

The funniest part of that GA legislator was not so much the n-word but asking him to act like a Chinese tourist. ‘Sushi, Ho Chi Minh City” and whatever other random Asian words he threw out.

Ho Lee Fuk! Sum Tings Wong with that guy.

[jebusshuttlecock 200]

Nathan Fielder is helping write and produce some of these scenes. The child soldier scene seems like something he would help write

[Tyler Durden 132]

On 7/25/2018 at 6:36 PM, Deej said:

Ho Lee Fuk! Sum Tings Wong with that guy.

I thought he sounded a hell of a lot like Cartman when doing his "Chinese" accent.  

[52-80 19252]

It'd be interesting to see some of the failed interviews from all the Sacha productions, when the interviewees realized they were being duped

[LongestHorn 759]

The Kingman AZ town meeting, tho.  

[MissingInAction 25187]

1 hour ago, LongestHorn said:

The Kingman AZ town meeting, tho.  

Reminded me of thanksgiving with the redneck half of the family.

[Red Five 40895]

Lulz at the two mosque renderings.

[LongestHorn 759]

SBC could not have scripted the reactions of the good people of Kingman.  "Is this why you wouldn't let us come in here with our guns?"

[Chet Steadman 940]

The white trash redneck is SBC’s best new character by a mile.  

His not-Mossad disguise is difficult to look at.  

[kopp0e 1135]

 

[SizzleChest 8284]

 

[deech 2291]

 

[chainsaw 9873]

Bump

[Bartles 769]

Looks like another season is in production. This article gives a good look at how creative and ruthless the producers are to make sure they are able to expose idiocy while covering their own asses legally. Hiring their own security to prevent anyone from stopping the bit prematurely. Similar to the deceptive but legal contracts the dumbass targets signed in season 1.