Is Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat) a genius?
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Once again, England proves that they are the kings of comedy. \nNot since Mr. Bean, Monty Python, Benny Hill, Peter Sellers, Beyond the Fringe, etc., has such a phenomenon come from God's own angellic isle of amusement...\nYes, this movie is genius. Sacha Cohen is now into Andy Kaufman territory. As a contemporary form of comedy, it's simply the most brilliant satire since South Park first aired. He has dragged out all the ugly stereotypes, all of America's ignorance towards the rest of the world, and put it together through the character of a well intentioned foreign man - from a country that most Americans don't even know exists. It is not so much a comedy about foreigners (although Borat's hometown tour is hilarious), as it is about what kind of reaction Americans have to foreigners today. This movie is so important and so ridiculously true to exposing the ugly underbelly of America, at a time when it needs it more than anything. Bonafide satire, that's true and hilariously painful to watch and laugh at...American ignorance as fodder for comedy...always purist, and taken to the end by Borat. We are laughing at both Borat and Americans - there's only one difference - Sacha Baron Cohen is acting. \nA great success!
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I think so yes, when we all came together to build the Tower of Babel, he knocked it down and confused us by making us all talk different languages. He said we were too smart for his liking. Very astute, and well said. Bravo.
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i think Sacha Baron Cohen did not have guts enough to openly say he is Muslim, so he did not. However if he portrays kazakhs , he must be muslim, \nif he portrays russians in kazakhstan, on the other hand, then he is Christian...\nBut i believe in the movie he said ...I am kazakh, and i follow the hawk...and that is not true , because if he is kazakh , he believes in Allah.
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LOL@ that guy saying he a genius, yet, he can even spell the word genius! haha
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Wow, then Elizabeth Taylor must be a genius.
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Of course.\nHe's amazing talented and hot.\nWere gonna run away and get married someday.\n<333\nAnd, WTF these people are stupid.answering this question with a dumb answer just for the points?
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Yes very much so the man is a genius and lyrical
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It's amazing to me, too, because Sasha Baron Cohen didn't hang them, only gave them rope that they used to verbally hang themselves.  They could have kept their opinions to themselves, or better yet, tried to be nicer people.  I think "Borat" did a service to the other students in that school, by making the bigoted creeps so easy to identify!
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He is, but you're clearly not since you can't spell 'genius.'
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Are you talking about Borat (has his own movie out)? He is a character that the comedian, Sacha Baron Cohen, does along with "Ali G." from HBO fame. He is known for doing acts with real life personalities where he makes fun of people or plays jokes on them. Very politically incorrect and funny!
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Not only is it okay...it is downright genius.
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Do you consider yourself to be very clever?
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Yeah, Azamat was in one it (he was already an actor) and Pamela Anderson was in on the whole thing.  The proof regarding Pamela is that her and Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) are good friends in real life.  She has appeared on his HBO show (Da Ali G show) several times and played pranks on other people with him.  As for the rest of the people, they were just regular joes like you and me, which is why they're all currently suing him because he made them all look bad in different ways.
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No, but he seems like an intelligent man.  It's one of those books that I may read sometime, but I already mostly agree with what he said in the interview on the Colbert Report, so reading it would be purely to see what kind of reasoning he uses.
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Yep.  Sascha Baron Cohen... star of the upcoming BALLS OF FURY.  Keep an eye on that one.
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I have to agree that Dr. Stephen Hawkins is probably the smartest person in the world, at least of people who base themselves around one subject.\n\nAs far as that reporter goes, she may have the highest IQ ever recorded, but the IQ level isn't the only way to judge someone's smarts.  All it means is that she can (probably) learn things quicker than most other people on the planet.\n\nSo, in conclusion, I am da smartest-ist person in da hole wyde worldses.
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Never seen him live, but the sh*t he does on the show is pretty crazy. I don't know how he doesn't, and neither does anybody else except him. Strange..it has to be illusions - some of it, anyway. Because there is such a thing as impossible. Mind tricks is all most of it is, but genius none the less!