BillyVance 34 #1 March 17, 2009 Just saw this in the newspaper today. The first movie either cracked me up , made me cringe , or just made me stare at the screen in disbelief. AP - The actor best known as "Borat" tricked the Alabama National Guard into allowing him onto a post, giving him a military uniform and briefly letting him train - all, supposedly, for a German TV documentary. The ruse, which included comedian Sacha Baron Cohen exposing his thong underwear while changing clothes, was going well until a young cadet recognized Cohen and notified older officers who weren't familiar with the actor. "It's an embarrassment to the Alabama National Guard," Staff Sgt. Katrina Timmons said Monday. "Since then we have put in protocols to make sure this doesn't happen again." A film crew pulled the stunt Feb. 13 at the Alabama Military Academy, which trains officer candidates from across the nation. The school is located at the Army's old Fort McClellan in Anniston, about 65 miles east of Birmingham. Footage from the visit could be included in Cohen's upcoming movie featuring his character Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion writer. The reported title is "Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America For The Purpose Of Making Hetersexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable In The Presence Of A Gay Foreigner In A Mesh T-Shirt." Cohen's spokesman, Matthew Labov, declined comment. The actor's schtick should sound familiar. Cohen portrayed uncouth journalist Borat Sagdiyev in the 2006 hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," in which he traveled the United States fooling people with gags. The film included a scene shot at a dinner party at Magnolia Springs Manor in Helena. He exasperates the party's Birmingham-area hosts when he brings a bag of excrement to the dinner table and invites a prostitute to join them for dessert. Finally, they ask him to leave. Guard officials who let Cohen and his crew into the Alabama base initially believed they were helping foreign journalists. "They called and said they were a German affiliate of a TV station doing a documentary on what it was like to be in officer candidate school," Timmons said. "They wanted to know if they could come here and embed one person for a few hours up to a day." Military officials met Cohen and his crew at the gate. "He was treated like a member of the media and escorted around. He was put in a uniform like he requested to allow him to get a taste of what it was like to be an officer candidate," she said."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 March 17, 2009 The only reason he gets away with all this is because Americans are so nice and accommodating to him. And he takes advantage of our cordiality, and repays us by showing up for dinner with a bag of shit. Someone needs to kick his ass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #3 March 17, 2009 QuoteThe only reason he gets away with all this is because Americans are so nice and accommodating to him. And he takes advantage of our cordiality, and repays us by showing up for dinner with a bag of shit. Someone needs to kick his ass. Not sure if I agree - he does similar shit over here.. He seems to enjoy getting a reaction from unlikely people. He's managed to wind-up some big-wig politicians with his "Ali-G" character. I'm not sure he makes fun of people at their expense.. I think it's just for a laugh. I personally didn't find myself laughing *at* americans.. Just thought the situations / reactions were fucking funny!! And he just seems to know how to wind people up!! I really *loved* when he interviewed posh & becks.. They were good sports and that was fun as well :) I think the man is actually a genius!!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #4 March 17, 2009 come on now! how do you know it was really shit in that bag? and maybe it was that 'good shit'! "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokter 0 #6 March 17, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhP0tOm6yt0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
