Watch Borat, or Borat will be Executed

Sacha Baron Cohen is without a doubt most politically incorrect comedian. His new movie 'Borat' is out (in US). I have seen some of 'Borat' performance in his Da Ali G Show. The character 'Borat' pushes my boundaries too far; it is quite painful to watch it sometimes. But I always like the way he stretch the boundaries and his bravery.

In his Ali G show, he perform three characters 'Borat' (Kazakhstani journalist) , 'Ali G' (gang member of the "West Staines Massiv") and 'Bruno' (Gay reporter from an Austrian TV station).
Those three characters far deferent from each other - for quite sometimes, I thought it was three people performing. Here is Borat wiki - check out his Biography - quite controversial.

I believe comedians are magicians. They use thing around you and me - and create something totally deferent out of it. It pushes our limits and makes us wonder. Sacha is very good at it.

Moliere is a 16th century comedian I like a lot. Once he collapsed on stage and died few hours later, priests refused to visit him because he was a comedian. And refused to give him a proper Christian burial. From Moliere's Tartuffe to Sacha's Borat, comedy came a long way. It is not just only comedy; it represents freedom.

Politically Incorrect comedy is nothing new to Sri Lanka. All our traditional performance like 'Lenchina', 'Puppet Theatre' or 'Thovil' filled with all sort of politically incorrect comedy. Good Spicy Stuff! But once Christian culture becomes the mainstream culture in Sri Lanka and top of that Indian comedy came to in to Sri Lankan cinema we loose the taste of controversial comedy. We need a Borat in Sri Lanka!

Here is introduction to Borat. If the movie isn't successful, Borat will be executed.

Borat Interview

04 November, 2006