I have never heard of Sacha Baron Cohen before, but he looks familiar from seeing commercials on The Dictator. From reading the lead blog post to doing my own research on him, he seems to be one funny guy. I agree with Will that Sacha Baron Cohen mixes superiority theory and incongruity into his comedy work. Incongruity seems to be used throughout his work, by making it seem like he's just an ordinary interviewer, even though his questions are stupid, the person being interviewed does not know what is happening. I feel as if the superiority theory is mainly shown by making the viewers of the shows and movies feel like they wouldn't fall for that if they were in there shoes. His ability to improve and come up with stuff as he goes amazes me and makes me want to become more familiar to his work.
President Trump actually has been bragging that he's one of the few people who didn't fall for the gag. Some people suggest that there's something unethical in his interviews since most of us would try to "be nice" and he exploits not people's bad traits but ultimately their good traits. This is interesting from the perspective of Hutcheson arguing that comedy contributes to friendly interactions.
ReplyDeleteI had not seen any of his work either. The only thing I knew that he was in was Talladega nights. He was so funny as the french man, but when I did watch some of recent work I didn't find it as funny.
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