An open letter to Sasha Baron Cohen:
Mr. Cohen,
When you inhabit one of your personas, are you totally in character during and after the performance? Do you remain in character in between takes? (In other words, do you get all Andy Kaufman on us?) Where you inspired to do Borat from Mahir? What do you make of the "Throw the Jew Down the Well" episode? I understand there's (at least) latent antisemitism in the room, do you think its more vicious than that? Or is it just good-natured bad taste gone wild? (Case in point: Hadji girl.) When the light bulb goes on in your, ah, victims' tiny little heads, do they realize that they're being played or do they just think that your character's an idiot? Do they then play along or become defensive? For each good clip, are there many "interviews" that don't pan out comedy-wise? Are there interviews that are just plain not entertaining that don't make the cut? If so, what is the average ratio of good to bad that you encounter?
If you're ever in New Jersey, would you come to us for a Shabbos meal?
Regards,
Jake
2 comments:
I didn't know you were such a fan. Have you seen this?
http://www.boyakasha.co.uk/media/borat_trailer.wmv
As it turns out, I never watched the Ali G. show, but I had heard of his exploits. The release of the theatrical trailer for the Borat movie is what got me interested in my current obsession with all things Cohen...
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