Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook

Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by nostromo on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:39PM (#21609221)

It's amazing how his past movies, made not that long ago, would be completely verboten today. Using racial and ethnic and homophobic stereotypes to make audiences laugh... and raking in millions for doing so.

And... it makes sense. Can you imagine if his movie portrayed a ridiculous caricature of a Jewish person, the way he portrayed a ridiculous caricature of a gay man ten years ago, today?

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Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by AlexandrB on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:03PM (#21609469)

Context exists. His movies used stereotypes but never punched down at those groups, instead using such characters to mock bigots.

So yes. I can imagine such a movie today. And it would be funny as hell.

Wait! Actually this already exists as a TV show, it’s called I Am America and Cohen frequently portrays a caricature of a Jewish Mossad agent.

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Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck... by nostromo on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:35PM (#21609777)

I agree in some cases, but Bruno specifically was not attacking homophobia, but was all about making fun of a ridiculous gay straw man.

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