BARON OF HUMOUR

Ok, this is funny, I must admit. I was a little Sacha Baron Cohen-ed out after Borat but I love his homophobe-jabbing. According to The Smoking Gun, Cohen's new character (which was a regular on his TV show), Bruno, has duped a bunch of gay-hatin' Arkansas boys for his new movie, coming out next year, Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt.:

"Lured by $1 beer and the prospect of "hot chicks" and "hardcore fights," thousands of Arkansans were duped last month into appearing as extras in comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's latest staged mayhem. Cohen and his confederates organized cage fighting programs on consecutive days in Texarkana and Fort Smith. Both cards ended with two male grapplers (one was identified as "Straight Dave" and wore camouflage) tearing each other's clothes off and, while in underwear, kissing down their opponent's chest. This man-on-man action triggered Fort Smith fans to throw chairs and beer at the ring, according to one cop present at the city's Convention Center."

I love that, "and his confederates."

Cohen obviously has a knack for this, juicing the gay-hating and racism out of rednecks. Well you don't have to squeeze that hard really. Why don't they ever have a sense of humour about this? I know I'm generalizing but really, didn't they see it coming, and if they didn't, why can't they just laugh and dupe him back by not reacting?

It's so easy to get a bunch of assholes drunk and watch the homophobia fly. Easy and fun! Easy and entertaining! (You know, this is sort of unrelated but a friend's mother saw Borat and was appalled by the blatant racism and anti-semitism, even knowing that Cohen himself is Jewish. Now, she is American, but she's also Canadian and has lived here for years and years. . .how significant and strange, her sense of humour and irony destroyed by the Canada/US humour divide).

Cohen even put the ad for the show on Craigslist, that little bugger! Cohen's balls are bigger than theirs will ever be! If he gave just one of his balls to all the homophobes in the U.S. they'd all have two. Apparently only comedians can make some Americans think, confront them with their own ugliness, inspire awe and shock them into action. . .

Oh, no, I forgot about Obama! How could I? He's so cute and not black and not gay so he'll make such a great president! Eeeeeeeee!

Thanks to TheSmokingGun.com