[NEohioPAL]Borat vs. Flat Earth Society Artists
Anthony Weishar
a_weishar at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 13 06:17:28 PST 2006
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It appears that the Flat Earth syndrome has hit the arts community. (For those not following politics, it is the notion that there is only one really important country, and what our news media tells us is all true.) Borat is a British (He comes from England which is across the water by New York) comedian who is really thinking outside the box and pushing the edge. His creativity just earned him a bundle. Almost all of what he does is an act, as was Ali G.
Of course folks tend to think of Mr. Bean as some fop from England, not knowing he is an established actor named Rowan Atkinson. Let's face it many in this country are not educated enough to understand British humor and its nuances. Now we have added Mr. Cohen taking it to a new level visually and verbally. The joke is on those who miss the subtlety in his words. It appears that some in our community have been duped. Wake up, he is a comedic actor.
I personally don't care for the continuous grossness in his routines, but I do enjoy watching Leno and Letterman squirm. They have no idea what he will do next. That's how original he is. Creativity in comedy is art. We just need to understand that it can come from other countries. There are a bunch of them all around us.
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<br><br><b><i></i></b><br> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">It appears that the Flat Earth syndrome has hit the arts community. (For those not following politics, it is the notion that there is only one really important country, and what our news media tells us is all true.) Borat is a British (He comes from England which is across the water by New York) comedian who is really thinking outside the box and pushing the edge. His creativity just earned him a bundle. Almost all of what he does is an act, as was Ali G. <br> <br> Of course folks tend to think of Mr. Bean as some fop from England, not knowing he is an established actor named Rowan Atkinson. Let's face it many in this country are not educated enough to understand British humor and its nuances. Now we have added Mr. Cohen taking it to a new level visually and verbally. The joke is on those who miss the subtlety in his
words. It appears that some in our community have been duped. Wake up, he is a comedic actor.<br> <br> I personally don't care for the continuous grossness in his routines, but I do enjoy watching Leno and Letterman squirm. They have no idea what he will do next. That's how original he is. Creativity in comedy is art. We just need to understand that it can come from other countries. There are a bunch of them all around us.<br><div> </div><hr size="1">Cheap Talk? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.com">Check out</a> Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.</blockquote><br><p>
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