Reply #10: actually no (well not all of us anyway) [View All]

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what is 'funny' about a lot of the stuff is the shocking things that he exposes in PEOPLE

he gets access to some amazing people (senators, congress, high-society, etc...) under the guise that he is a 'reporter' from a country that is struggling.

here is an example:

in his movie, he goes into a gun shop in the south to buy a gun. he asks the woman behind the counter, "Which gun is the best to kill a Jew?"

that is crass enough (BTW, Cohen is Jewish himself) but she (without hesitating) recommends a Glock or a 9mm.

i guess "humor" is a little weird a term to describe some of the "funny" in the movie but it is a testiment to ignorance.

another example: he goes down south to a Rodeo where he convinces them to let him sing his national anthem in front of the crowd. he starts by (using very broken english) announcing that his country is thankful for Bush's "Terrorism" and hopes that George Bush drinks the blood of every Iraqi Man, Woman & Child until that desert is wiped clean.

The crowd (redneck/stereotype) eats it up and goes apeshit.

best I could do. :shrug: