Sacha Baron Cohen
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, executive producer and comedian
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Petition to ban Borat 2 from the Oscars launched
A lobbying campaign to ban Borat Subsequent Moviefilm from major awards consideration has been launched by the Kazakh-American Association, alongside the Hollywood Film Academy and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Sam Warner, Digital Spy, 17th November 2020Who's laughing now? Cancel culture is killing comedy
The big problem shared by those who find offence in comedy is a failure to distinguish between "laughing at" and "laughing with".
Patrick West, The Spectator, 16th November 2020Cohen 'donates $100,000 to Jeanise Jones' church'
Sacha Baron Cohen has donated $100,000 (£77,000) to the community church attended by Jeanise Jones, one of the unwitting stars of the new Borat film, according to People magazine.
BBC, 30th October 2020Borat fans raise $100,000 for woman tricked in new film
$100,000 has been raised for an unemployed babysitter who appears in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Jeanise Jones was one of the many unsuspecting members of the public duped into appearing in the Sacha Baron Cohen sequel. Jones was hired to babysit Borat's teenage daughter Tutar, played by actress Maria Bakalova.
Wil Jones, JOE, 29th October 2020Film review: Borat 2
Though the Rudy Guilliani interview that brings the new film to a close has already been exhaustively analysed and commented upon since its release last week, the film itself remains a valuable and at times very funny take-down of the willful ignorance and intolerance coursing through all levels of American society.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 28th October 2020Sacha Baron Cohen: why Borat's now more political
The actor-director-provocateur talks about bringing back Borat in the Trump era.
Emanuel Levy, The Financial Times, 28th October 2020What language does Borat speak?
The character of Borat is supposed to be from Kazakhstan. But in fact actor Sacha Baron Cohen does not speak the language. In the two films, the 49-year-old actor is actually speaking perfect Hebrew.
Joanne Kavanagh, The Sun, 28th October 2020Borat: If you're easily offended, you will be shocked
If you're easily offended - which judging by social media everyone is these days - then you will be shocked. Good - that's what real satire is supposed to do: shock you to your senses, and give you a laugh along the way.
Neil MacKay, The Herald, 27th October 2020Kazakhstan adopts Borat phrase for tourism campaign
Kazakhstan's tourism board has adopted the Borat catchphrase "very nice" in its new advertising campaign.
BBC, 27th October 2020'Cancel Borat': Some in Kazakhstan not amused by film
While the movie is a satire on American ignorance and prejudice, rather than an attempt to mock Kazakhs, not everyone in Kazakhstan has appreciated the joke. Prior to the movie's release, more than 100,000 people signed an online petition to cancel the film. Small groups of protesters also gathered in front of the US consulate in the Kazakh city of Almaty on the day of the premiere. The social media reaction was particularly heated. The hashtag #cancelborat appeared on Twitter and Instagram, with thousands of Kazakhs outraged by the alleged racism of the movie and accusing Baron Cohen of insulting the nation.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska, Al Jazeera, 25th October 2020