04 November, 2006

Watch Borat, or Borat will be Executed

Sacha Baron Cohen is without a doubt most politically incorrect comedian. His new movie 'Borat' is out (in US). I have seen some of 'Borat' performance in his Da Ali G Show. The character 'Borat' pushes my boundaries too far; it is quite painful to watch it sometimes. But I always like the way he stretch the boundaries and his bravery.

In his Ali G show, he perform three characters 'Borat' (Kazakhstani journalist) , 'Ali G' (gang member of the "West Staines Massiv") and 'Bruno' (Gay reporter from an Austrian TV station).
Those three characters far deferent from each other - for quite sometimes, I thought it was three people performing. Here is Borat wiki - check out his Biography - quite controversial.

I believe comedians are magicians. They use thing around you and me - and create something totally deferent out of it. It pushes our limits and makes us wonder. Sacha is very good at it.

Moliere is a 16th century comedian I like a lot. Once he collapsed on stage and died few hours later, priests refused to visit him because he was a comedian. And refused to give him a proper Christian burial. From Moliere's Tartuffe to Sacha's Borat, comedy came a long way. It is not just only comedy; it represents freedom.

Politically Incorrect comedy is nothing new to Sri Lanka. All our traditional performance like 'Lenchina', 'Puppet Theatre' or 'Thovil' filled with all sort of politically incorrect comedy. Good Spicy Stuff! But once Christian culture becomes the mainstream culture in Sri Lanka and top of that Indian comedy came to in to Sri Lankan cinema we loose the taste of controversial comedy. We need a Borat in Sri Lanka!

Here is introduction to Borat. If the movie isn't successful, Borat will be executed.

Borat Interview

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4 Comments:

Blogger Chamendra Wimalasena said...

i;m with you all the way dude!

November 04, 2006 9:58 AM  
Blogger aljuhara said...

I think we already do and he's stalking me. I got this message this morning which said:
Done be afraid 2 me.i now all of things about u.ill call u very soon

November 06, 2006 12:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This Borat movie harms innocent civilians and their livelihoods, without having any kind of point. I think it is insensitive and obtuse; exactly what the world has too much of as it is. The FBI had to spend time, money, and effort to track Sacha and his cohorts because they operated mostly without notification or permission. Their movie and the circumstances in its making are flatly irresponsible.

November 25, 2006 6:21 AM  
Blogger Sam said...

Hey Anon.
Good argument. But I feel, he is really laughing at Americans, not at the Kazakhstan. And yes! FBI sure got a good punch and so do the western hypocrisy. At least that is how I look at it.

November 25, 2006 8:41 AM  

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