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Susan Granger's review of 'The Dictator'
25 May 2012, 12:40 pm
Cheeky Sasha Baron Cohen has carved out an eccentric cinematic career by shocking audiences -- first in "Borat," then in "Bruno" -- by mercilessly tweaking our socio-political sensibilities. But this time, his attempt at across-the-board cultural
offensiveness falls flat.
This week's new films
19 May 2012, 5:27 pm
The Dictator (15) (Larry Charles, 2012, US) Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas, Ben Kingsley, John C Reilly. 83 mins Having run out of unsuspecting Americans to prank, Sacha Baron Cohen takes the conventional fish-out-of-water route this time, as his Arab tyrant comes to terms with western democracy. But if the story plays it safe, the comedy treads a risky line between lampooning ...
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15 May 2012, 11:13 pm
SO here’s the thing – the man who brought us Borat and Bruno is now presenting us with a beard, and we’re all supposed to split our sides.
The Dictator
12 May 2012, 2:28 am
Sacha Baron Cohen delivers an explosion of weapons-grade
offensiveness After his live-ammo situationist spoofs Borat and Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen has returned to the world of the straight fiction-feature with his broad comedy satire The Dictator. There is one thing to be said straight away. This is not, repeat not, a cinephile homage to Chaplin's The Great Dictator. It is less edgy than Baron ...
"The Dictator" film launches in offensive style
11 May 2012, 6:03 am
LONDON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and News Corp head Rupert Murdoch were among the targets of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical humor late on Thursday at the world premiere of his political spoof "The Dictator". Donning full military regalia and a false beard, and brandishing a replica golden pistol, he swept up the London red carpet standing in a bright orange ...
Ashton Kutcher’s Popchips Dating Ad Pulled For “Brownface”
3 May 2012, 10:04 am
So, yesterday, we kind of ignored Ashton Kutcher’s fake ad for WorldwideLovers.com (actually an for Popchips), because, well, we just didn’t find it all that funny. Maybe interesting to see Ashton’s attempts to look unattractive, but yeah, not funny. And because that made us dismiss it, we kind of missed the bigger controversy, which really [...]
World - offensiveness
Images make a mockery of Africans - Financial Times
25 May 2012, 8:08 pm
Sir, I understand fashion photography often seeks to be provocative, even shocking. However, the
offensiveness of the photoshoot (“Outré Africa”, How to Spend It, May 19) is unsurpassed for reasons too numerous to summarise in a letter to the editor.
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Ricky Gervais cleared by Ofcom over Susan Boyle 'mong' jibe - NME
24 May 2012, 3:41 am
The ruling stated: This involved Ricky Gervais evoking the word’s
offensiveness to some extent, and challenging the relationship between the offence and the word itself. We considered, therefore, that the nature and focus of the routine provided a clear ...
Wholesome Foods, Ungenerous Behavior - Wall Street Journal
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
They rated the desirability of the foods they saw and then evaluated, on a seven-point-scale, the
offensiveness of various questionable acts both involving victims (a student stealing library books) or not (a man eating his already-dead dog ...
Absolute power can be fun - Sydney Morning Herald
19 May 2012, 9:02 am
Sacha Baron Cohen takes a despotic dive into the world of the structured comedy flick. At the beginning of The Dictator, the latest salvo of comic
offensiveness by English provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen, his character, Admiral General Aladeen, struggles to ...
This week's new films - The Guardian
18 May 2012, 6:14 pm
The high gag rate, animated performance and general broad-spectrum
offensiveness help him get away with murder, and worse. Throwing more punches than every other movie this year combined, this single-minded Indonesian martial arts epic doesn't ...
Few laughs in The Dictator's mediocre comedy - couriermail.com.au
17 May 2012, 8:50 am
1. Cohen is clearly a clever guy and it would be wrong to dismiss him as a one-trick pony who is never going to match his Borat success. But we're willing to see he only has a few tricks, and the one's he's played since Borat have been second rate. Making ...
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Dictator’ - Washington Times
10 May 2012, 6:59 pm
Watching Mr. Cohen’s marks squirm in disbelief as he excavated new depths of
offensiveness was at least half the fun. Without the frisson of reality, “The Dictator” relies far more on calculated obscenity and offense. Given Mr. Cohen’s ...
