"Borat" and Giuliani

I read somewhere that the real bombshell is that Rudy claims that China manufactured Covid-19 and intentionally spread it across the globe.

Rudy is mainlining the CT crack. This will not go well.
 
I've watched it as well. Did not enjoy it as much as the first Borat movie. It just wasn't as funny. Maybe it's a well that you cannot visit more than once.

I agree that the Rudy scene is no more revealing--insofar as sexual indiscretion goes--than what we already know. It is quite possible that it's been edited to portray a narrative more unflattering than what unedited footage might show. It's still embarrassing in my opinion, either way.

But I was struck more by his CT ramblings about China deliberately releasing Covid on the world. That is a dangerous claim that, if truly believed, could escalate hostilities between nations. That will not likely happen, but it's a reckless charge to even flirt with. If you truly thought that an adversarial nation deliberately set in motion a chain of events that has already killed amost a quarter million of your citizens, you would almost certainly go to war, would you not?
 
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The Don said:
I have never enjoyed the Borat character, I've always found it cringe-inducing, but that was a very funny response.

If Rudy Giuliani is so wronged, I'd expect the lawsuits to fly but the absence of them so far I'd have to think that he's been caught bang to rights.
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Will Ferrell should play Borat. It would be just as funny.
 
The only part of the first Borat movie that I liked (but I really liked it) was when he went to sing the national anthem at the rodeo in Texas, and sang it for Kazakhstan, or something like that.

That cracked me up.
 
Puppycow said:
You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud, dude. ;)
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Though I would do anything regardless of how immoral, unethical or dishonest to see Trump lose the election. I'm slightly disappointed that because of Trump's stupidity that none of those things are necessary because Trump is so dishonest and incompetent that no dirty tricks aren't required. I don't think Rudy pleasuring himself will change many votes. I just think it's funny his life is being destroyed. That it might be untrue is even funnier.
 
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Not surprising, after all "Trump the successful business man" got access to the White House despite being fictional.
 
Sacha Baron Cohen weighs in on Rudy Giuliani's questionable #Borat scene:"If the president's lawyer found what he did there appropriate behavior, then heaven knows what he's done with other female journalists in hotel rooms" http://thr.cm/3Y9W3c4
 
Darat said:
Slightly more seriously, the in-character response from Cohen is funny but I doubt I could watch a whole movie of such comedy. Cohen couldn’t buy the amount of free publicity this is generating for his film,
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He has a cruel streak a mile wide. If you think comedians are supposed to make their audiences deeply uncomfortable, then he’s brilliant. I mean, he *is* brilliant, but a little goes a long way, especially the Borat character. I hate to see practical jokes - “Candid Camera” made me wince as well.
 
pgwenthold said:
The only part of the first Borat movie that I liked (but I really liked it) was when he went to sing the national anthem at the rodeo in Texas, and sang it for Kazakhstan, or something like that.

That cracked me up.
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He talks about spilling the blood of every Iraqi - man, woman and child. The audience is silent; the boos don’t start until he mangles “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

I always wondered if the marks understood how deeply ignorant they look.
 
johnny karate said:
Anyone looking for a “gotcha” is missing the point. Cohen’s approach isn’t to expose (no pun intended), it’s to ridicule.
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No, it's not. He is obviously not an investigative journalist, but his purpose is to see what kind of reaction he can get out of people. Sometimes the reaction makes people look ridiculous, sometimes it's the exact opposite. The two old Jewish ladies in the synagogue, for instance, aren't ridiculous. On the contrary, they come across as very sincere and actually endearing in spite of the character of Borat.

One of them, Judith Dim Edwards, has died since the scene was filmed, and for some reason, the estate is suing SBC: Baron Cohen sued by Holocaust survivor’s estate over appearance in Borat sequel (Times of Israel, Oct. 15, 2020)
In my opinion, the scene honors her. And it's important for the message of the film: The world may be full of despicable ********, but they aren't all ********. And everybody has a choice: to be an ******* or to stand up to the ********.

Judith Dim Edwards appears to have been one of the latter, Giuliani is one of the former, but not because of the shirt-tucking, which appears to be all he's doing.

And no, if your belt is too tight, it's difficult to tuck your shirt in while sitting. You will have to either lie back or stand up to do so.
 
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