Sacha Baron Cohen… is a Very Strange Man

Sacha Baron Cohen in Amsterdam promoting his new movie “Borat” – October 12, 2006. Does anyone “get” this guy?

Sacha Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is a British comedian notable for his highly successful comedy characters Ali G (an MC and gangster wannabe from Staines), Borat (a Kazakhstani reporter) and BrÃ¼no (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter).

In an interview with Neil Hamilton in 2000 Baron Cohen, as Ali G, offered Hamilton what was allegedly marijuana, which Hamilton accepted and smoked, creating some minor controversy in the British media.

Baron Cohen has had some troubles because of the racist or prejudiced comments his characters make (see Da Ali G Show). HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer has replied to the criticisms in America with, “Through his alter-egos, he delivers an obvious satire that exposes people’s ignorance and prejudice in much the same way All in the Family did years ago.”

The government of Kazakhstan threatened him with legal action after the MTV EMA ceremony in Lisbon, and the authority in charge of the country’s country-code top-level domain name removed the website that he had created for his character (www.borat.kz) for alleged violation of the law â€” specifically, registering for the domain under a false name. The New York Times (among others) has reported that Baron Cohen (in character as his Borat persona) has urged them on, stating “sue this Jew!”

He was, however, recently defended by Dariga Nazarbayeva, a politician and the daughter of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stated “We should not be afraid of humour and we shouldn’t try to control everything, I think. source

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Sacha Baron Cohen… is a Very Strange Man

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