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Kuros
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| While I understand his schtick is making fun of really stupid people, he's going to need to start finding another country to lampoon because he's going to start pissing off average Americans by constantly targeting Americans with these movies. Strange as it seems, the market he hopes to tap is the American market, and as more and more Americans find that his humor has moved from parody to straight out insult (which is what a lot of these setups lead to), he's going to find that he's less and less welcome in the US. Personally, I find it hilarious that he's capable of showing such a hidden part of people in their natural form, but at some point the manipulation starts to wear thin. And this comes from someone who actually likes his humor. |
Controversy can only be good for Cohen, because IMO he's not that talented.
If he visibly pisses off one half of America, he automatically will gain fans in the other half. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope the makers of the original Bruno sue the pants off of him. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| Controversy can only be good for Cohen, because IMO he's not that talented. |
That's probably because you're judging him on the basis of the Borat film, which doesn't compare very well with other stuff he's done IMO - maybe because he needed to make it cruder and more obvious to catch a wider international audience. If you watched some of the stuff he's done for British TV, you'd likely have a different view of him, though to properly appreciate his comedic cleverness you'd have to be familiar with modern day British pop culture and its current affairs to catch the references. |
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bundangbabo
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
| Kikomom wrote: |
| I hope the makers of the original Bruno sue the pants off of him. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| Controversy can only be good for Cohen, because IMO he's not that talented. |
That's probably because you're judging him on the basis of the Borat film, which doesn't compare very well with other stuff he's done IMO - maybe because he needed to make it cruder and more obvious to catch a wider international audience. If you watched some of the stuff he's done for British TV, you'd likely have a different view of him, though to properly appreciate his comedic cleverness you'd have to be familiar with modern day British pop culture and its current affairs to catch the references. |
*yawn*
Yes, I'm sure he's a misunderstood genius. |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| America needs to be exposed, this dude is highly relevant and necessary in an Oliver Stone kind of way. |
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sokocanuck21
Joined: 16 Mar 2009
Location: Ansan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| sarbonn wrote: |
| While I understand his schtick is making fun of really stupid people, he's going to need to start finding another country to lampoon because he's going to start pissing off average Americans by constantly targeting Americans with these movies. Strange as it seems, the market he hopes to tap is the American market, and as more and more Americans find that his humor has moved from parody to straight out insult (which is what a lot of these setups lead to), he's going to find that he's less and less welcome in the US. Personally, I find it hilarious that he's capable of showing such a hidden part of people in their natural form, but at some point the manipulation starts to wear thin. And this comes from someone who actually likes his humor. |
The southern states are way too easy of a target. The views and reactions are too priceless to pass up! |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| let me know when he takes his schtick to the middle east. |
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Rory_Calhoun27
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:32 am Post subject: |
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hardly BLINDSLIDING the USA..... just another limey doing a riff off of the great Andy Kaufman.... but for a 51st stater, he does a serviceable job!
You go, boy!  |
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