The Pezman Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 British actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen says the time has come to shed forever his persona as Borat, the boorish, oversexed, TV journalist from Kazakhstan who became a surprise box office sensation last year. http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20071221/119828847600.html Boo Quote
SoloGamer Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 I thought this was going to be about his death until I got to "says" in your post. Quote
Effector Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 May I be the first to say: Thank God. I hadn't been that fed up with hearing the same movie quotes regurgitated mindlessly since Napoleon Dynamite. Here's to ruining mediocre to good movies with absolute cultural inundation. Seriously, if more than a quarter of your "jokes" in conversation are movie quotes... *sigh* Even Monty Python gets grating after billionth time. Quote
q-pa Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Heh. Who'd have thought that Borat would have grown to become a bigger persona than his Ali G? Quote
The Coop Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 It makes sense. It's hard to have fun with unsuspecting people when so many know the character you're trying to fool them with. He got some mileage out of Borat and the other one, so it's a good idea to come up with a new character or two now. Quote
Airwalker Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 I was sad to hear that. I mean, I don't care much about Borat, but to see Ali G go away, it's just sad. This is the first Sacha skit I've ever seen and which made me an instant fan. "What of the terrorists hijacks a train and thems crash it into, god forbid, the White House?" Quote
Shadowe Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Fucking SPOILERS much yahoo? Way to fuck with anyone that wants to watch sweeney todd. Quote
DragonFireKai Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Fucking SPOILERS much yahoo? Way to fuck with anyone that wants to watch sweeney todd. Ummm... that's kinda like crying foul when someone tells you that Darth Vader is Luke's father when they go to see the remade version of ESB. The story of Sweeney Todd has been in the public domain forever. Quote
Dhsu Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 This is one of the reasons I'm still amazed The Daily Show is still able to pull off their joke interviews on a consistent basis. They claim they're mostly unscripted, although some of them know about the show. Quote
DarkeSword Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? Quote
Fenrir Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? No you are not, good sir. Every time I hear someone say something Borat, it makes me want to throttle them with a rusty nail to the carotid. Quote
Ramaniscence Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 It makes sense. It's hard to have fun with unsuspecting people when so many know the character you're trying to fool them with. He got some mileage out of Borat and the other one, so it's a good idea to come up with a new character or two now. He still has Bruno, though I don't expect that to work for long, either. Since Bruno REALLY looks like...well Sacha. Nothing really hiding that. Bruno has the best Sacha Baron-Cohen skit ever, imho Edit: Aww, that link cuts out the best part when he tells them that's for the Austrian Gay TV, lol Quote
Jaybell Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Shun the nonbeliever! Shunnnn... I know what this is from! Quote
Shadow Wolf Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? No. No, you are not. Quote
TSori Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? seconded Those characters account for two pieces of entertainment that I won't miss at all. Quote
Oddllama Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 These people, Darkesword, who are trying to coddle you... they are lying to you to make you feel better about your inadequecies. You are indeed the only person in the world who dislikes Borat. Quote
I-n-j-i-n Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 Borat was always funny and though I keep trying to hate his character, I can't. It's not the character's own fault that his jokes became overplayed by its viewers. It's the Napoleon Dynamite syndrome. Quote
Ramaniscence Posted December 26, 2007 Posted December 26, 2007 Borat was always funny and though I keep trying to hate his character, I can't. It's not the character's own fault that his jokes became overplayed by its viewers. It's the Napoleon Dynamite syndrome. It wasn't even like that before the movie, either =\ Quote
operawonderdude Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? Naw, my dad didn't think he was funny either (he stopped watching the movie like 15 minutes in). Can't wait to see Cohen in Sweeney Todd, I'd see it right now but it's still only in select theaters and the nearest that has it to me is like an hour and a half away Quote
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