Cohen vs The Academy

[Ardbeg... innit]

I dont get a lot of what Cohen does and the Oscars are probably the biggest masturbatory event in the history of mankind.

Apparently Cohen wanted to arrive at the Oscars wearing the outfit of his character in his upcoming release The Dictator, then ch-ch-change into a tux for the actual event. Pure self promotion, and in the general theme of the entire event.

It has been reported that The Academy pulled his tickets, Cohen responded with the following, which I regard as hilarious. The Academy denies that his tickets have been pulled. Self promotion at its best...

[♥ COVID-19♥]

If you found that funny (which I did), then I don't get why *you* don't get a lot of what he does. In addition to being quite good in Scorsese's "Hugo", I found "Bruno" and "Borat" fucking hilarious, as well as his Ali G TV show which used to run on HBO. Prior to "Borat", he did an Ali G movie; I watched a few minutes of the beginning and didn't think it was that good, but I'm a big fan of most of the rest of his work. Over the years, he's done some funny in-character interviews on Howard Stern's show, but he also did one where he was just himself -- very serious, but interesting.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Beeb, I dont understand either. Maybe it the dosage. 90 seconds versus 90 minutes of it probably makes the difference.

[♥ COVID-19♥]

For me, anything that guy does is a scream. I think he's got a brilliant comic mind and is an excellent physical comedian as well.