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'of the Universe'
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2009 11:26 p.m. - Subject: Bruno |
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How does Sacha Baron Cohen avoid getting sued?
BTW, that was one of the most outrageous movies ever! It was like having every scene be the bedroom fight scene from Borat. I’m STILL reeling!!
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2009 11:44 p.m. - Subject: |
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Never saw it. It seems to me that it is quite a ridiculous concept.
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2009 11:51 p.m. - Subject: |
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I didn’t like it as much as Borat tbh. I don’t actually remember the entire movie, but when I saw it with my friends, we didn’t even bother talking about it afterward.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 12:21 a.m. - Subject: |
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I understand what you are saying sir, and i apologise for the inconvieniance caused to your penis.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 12:39 a.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: How does Sacha Baron Cohen avoid getting sued?
Good lawyers. Lol probably some of the best in the world and im sure its very carefully 5cripted to make sure he doesnt actually do anything that would put him in a law suit he could loose
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 12:40 a.m. - Subject: |
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I never watched it or Borat. Both looked incredibly stupid and I have better things to spend money on/time downloading.
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'Fuck The Pope! WATP'
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 4:39 a.m. - Subject: |
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I watched the first half hour or so and then turned it off,it was the biggest load of pish I have ever seen.
Then again I was never a fan of the Bruno character anyway.
Was pretty outrageous though.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 7:40 a.m. - Subject: |
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The participants sign releases, which are binding so long as no one participates in illegal acts. You can’t really sue someone for hurting your feelings; you must argue that you were somehow harmed. I suspect filing lawsuits would draw more attention, which would immediately undermine the argument that the participants were embarrassed at the hands of the filmmakers. Cohen and the films’ distributors do get sued pretty frequently, but I doubt the suits get very far. In one case, a man sued for being portrayed as a bigoted, obnoxious drunk, but his argument lost all merit when he portrayed himself much the same way on his MySpace account before his involvment with the film.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 8:40 a.m. - Subject: |
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borat and bruno are basically the same, someone european going to redneck america to piss off racists, first being a middle eastern semi terrorist, and then a promiscuous gay guy, both oblivious to how much they are hated
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 9:07 a.m. - Subject: |
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Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that between Borat and Bruno, he’s had hundreds of lawsuits filed against him but none of them have actually made it to court.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 9:09 a.m. - Subject: |
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Borat was stupid, haven’t seen Bruno
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 1:49 p.m. - Subject: |
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I remember one guy from Borat who lives in Maryland got madly pissed about looking like an ass in the movie. He talked about it for about a day and then shut up when he realized talking about it made him look worse.
I haven’t seen either for the same reason DB hasn’t.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 2:57 p.m. - Subject: |
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I hated that movie.
soooo fucked up.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 4:52 p.m. - Subject: |
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Yeah I just saw Bruno last night. I must say it was terrible compared to when I saw Borat the first time. It follows the same exact storyline as Borat down to almost every detail, except there’s more gay humor scattered throughout.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 7:19 p.m. - Subject: |
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I haven’t seen either. I was flipping through the channels about a month ago and came across Borat. There was a hairy fat dude waxing his shillelagh to images of Pam Anderson. After watching the next minute of the movie, I decided to strap my TV to the front bumper of my car and repeatedly ram the back of a cement truck.
Overlord, is that the scene you are referring to?
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 7:52 p.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Overlord, is that the scene you are referring to?
Yes, that is exactly the scene I’m referring to!!!
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 8:57 p.m. - Subject: |
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*shudders*
That scene makes me want to blast myself in the face with a power washer.
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2009 9:11 p.m. - Subject: |
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Yeah, it was pretty gross. I imagine seeing tweeters makes most men uncomfortable anyway (unless it’s their own or they’re gay) but I could care less. If I having seen one before I’ll throw a rock at it.
You gotta admit pranks are epic. He interviews parents of wannabe child stars and asks if their children can participate in some of the most outrageous stuff like operating dangerous machinery, wearing Hitler costumes while pushing baby Jews in wheelbarrows, etc.
He even goes as far as to ask the parent of a 30 pound child if she can get down to 20 pounds within a week. The parents agree to everything. It’s so sick!
He goes to the airport and is getting his luggage from the carousel and he pulls off the wildest things... an elephant tusk, an elephant foot and then a box marked "From Africa" with holes in it. He opens it and takes out an African child!!!! He then goes onto a talk show with mostly black people and tells them he traded someone a U2 Ipod for the kid. He tells the audience he’s chosen a traditional African name of OJ for the baby. Then he shows these photoshopped pics of the kid covered in bees, hanging from a cross, and in a hot tub where gay men are 69ing. Half the audience walked out. One woman suggested the audience not let him leave with the baby.
There were some pretty uncomfortable moments but not a single dull one. He’s outrageous but he’s also a genius. I never thought I would like his movies.
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| Posted: Nov 25, 2009 6:15 p.m. - Subject: |
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I too was channel surfing and saw the ad for his newest movie. After about the first 5 seconds I knew this is not for me.
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