[lbo-talk] Re: Borat

[BklynMagus]

> Sorry, you lost me at "fine."  I'd rather spend a month in an Abu Ghraib 
cell than five minutes watching "Borat."  I say that more in defeat than 
>> censure, since contemporary (i.e., cringe) humor is something that, like 
string theory, I've long since given any hope of understanding.

BORAT is a superb film and is not an example of cringe humour whatsoever.


> Starting with Andy Kaufman, extending through Tom Green, refined via 
Ricky Gervais and now reaching its apotheosis via Sacha Baron Cohen, the 
whole premise of showcasing loutishness as a supposed satiric commentary 
on loutishness strikes me as funny-peculiar, not funny-ha-ha.

So much for Jonathan Swift.

Brian Dauth
Queer Buddhist Resister