The Pezman Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloGamer Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I thought this was going to be about his death until I got to "says" in your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effector Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Heh. Who'd have thought that Borat would have grown to become a bigger persona than his Ali G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwalker Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowe Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Fucking SPOILERS much yahoo? Way to fuck with anyone that wants to watch sweeney todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFireKai Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Shun the nonbeliever! Shunnnn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenrir Posted December 22, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniscence Posted December 23, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Shun the nonbeliever! Shunnnn... I know what this is from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Wolf Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Am I the only person who never thought "Borat" was funny? No. No, you are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSori Posted December 23, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremespleen Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Borat is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddllama Posted December 26, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted December 26, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniscence Posted December 26, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operawonderdude Posted December 27, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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