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Sacha Baron Cohen's 9 Wildest Moments
From an outrageous 2001 interview with Posh and Becks to the naked chase scene in Borat, watch video of the Brüno creator at his most unhinged.
COURIC’S GOT NOTHING ON BRÜNO
Baron Cohen’s flamboyant alter ego Brüno makes the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin interview look flattering. In a skit from Da Ali G Show, he traps fashion designer Hushi in a web of contradictions, and poor Hushi never even knows he’s stuck.
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, SKEWER LIKE SACHA
For some horribly misguided reason, David and Victoria Beckham allowed Baron Cohen’s Ali G character to interview them for the charity Comic Relief. The Beckhams take the abuse, but it feels a little out of bounds.
THE PIED PIPER OF OFFENSIVE
Any two-bit comedian can stand onstage and spout ignorant ethnic slurs. Baron Cohen’s character Borat gets an entire oblivious audience to sing along to his anti-Semitic tune “In My Country There Is Problem.”
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overdue
Cohen and Michael Moore are lazy, cruel film makers; this review of Bruno sums it up very well.
http://www.film.com/movies/bruno/story/review-bruno-sorta-funny-more/290 63841?pcode=film&cpath=rss&rsrc=moviereviewrss_film
wbishop12
Genius!
hithere3
"Whaddya mean, gay TV??"
Genni2002
He does go toooooo far on occasion, true, but the Letterman interview is hilarious!!
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