# DAMN Sacha Baron Cohen is funny funny funny **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347 "2009-06-01T13:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/181 "2009-06-03T22:57:25Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Yeah, and all those stories Mark Twain wrote? Lies! All of them! > > :rolleyes: I guess I’ll just say it; I don’t get it. I think I remeber hearing that Tom Sawyer had stuff to do with his childhood. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/182 "2009-06-03T23:02:02Z")
Sorry, haven’t bothered to read the last four pages. But, just so you all know, I read online somewhere it might have been staged. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/183 "2009-06-03T23:05:08Z")
I know it was revealed staged… if I’m being ‘wooshed’? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/184 "2009-06-03T23:10:15Z")
FWIW, I don’t think the guy’s funny either, I find him incredibly stupid. (Although I do think this was pretty amusing) **Contrapuntal** , I still don’t find this sort of thing SEXUAL ASSAULT. If I woke up to some stranger with his ass in my face, naturally I’d shove the moron off of me. I still don’t see that as being assault on either part, though. (I’d wonder what the guy’s problem was, and I’d be annoyed, but I wouldn’t feel violated. Grossed out, maybe – well, depending on who it was… ;)) Come on, let’s get some perspective here. (As I said, I could see some of the males in my family doing this sort of thing to one another) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/185 "2009-06-03T23:17:00Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I guess I’ll just say it; > > I don’t get it. I think I remeber hearing that Tom Sawyer had stuff to do with his childhood. You’re pointing out the fact that his comedy is carefully planned as if you’ve discovered some grand conspiracy or you’re pulling the curtain back on the Wizard of Oz. In related news: Robin Williams doesn’t really think of all that stuff while he’s standing on stage and David Copperfield can’t really fly. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/186 "2009-06-03T23:42:45Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You’re pointing out the fact that his comedy is carefully planned as if you’ve discovered some grand conspiracy or you’re pulling the curtain back on the Wizard of Oz. > > In related news: Robin Williams doesn’t really think of all that stuff while he’s standing on stage and David Copperfield can’t really fly. Ah, I see, 😛 I meant to say; “more ‘smoke and mirrors’ than his **FANS** realize.” However I left out the word ‘fans’, _if that helps at all_. Not implying that others here don’t assume this, now after the reveal. I can see where it would read that way; the “I think…” part. I guess I was stating the obvious… but reading this thread made me think of the people that DID think it was real, which made me recall the Letterman thing. Which I found on Youtube if anyone’s interested in seeing; ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g0b_lTEgICw/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0b_lTEgICw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/187 "2009-06-04T00:00:56Z")
Actually memory must not have served me right, because that clip doesn’t throw up any red flags. I also think I remember a Doper revealing that someone he or she knew was in the elevator scene in the Borat movie, (where he’s standing in the elevator naked with others in it). ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/188 "2009-06-04T06:31:49Z")
If that’s sexual assault, then so is Greco-Roman wrestling. In both instances, all paticipants are consenting. And in both instances, maybe one of them doesn’t expect to get some balls shoved near his face - but it was always going to be a possibility. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/189 "2009-06-04T06:55:30Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > If that’s sexual assault, then so is Greco-Roman wrestling. > > In both instances, all paticipants are consenting. And in both instances, maybe one of them doesn’t expect to get some balls shoved near his face - but it was always going to be a possibility. 😛 Greco is above the waist only. You’re thinking of freestyle. Why yes, I am a combat sports nerd, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/190 "2009-06-04T06:56:07Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > **There was no exposed genitalia,** and no, you would never get a prosecutor to charge this. Lighten the fuck up. It wasn’t a sexual assault. [What’s that sticking up between his cheeks then? Rectal prolapse?](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d92/shutterbug711/Untitled.jpg) (Since this was aired on TV, I can’t imagine I need to break the link. If I do, I’m sorry!) And for comparison, this is the copy MTV put on their website, Photoshopped. [MTV’s version.](http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/onair/ma_09/homepage/most_talked_about_moments/bruno_eminem//610x360.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/191 "2009-06-04T06:58:31Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > [What’s that sticking up between his cheeks then? Rectal prolapse?](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d92/shutterbug711/Untitled.jpg) (Since this was aired on TV, I can’t imagine I need to break the link. If I do, I’m sorry!) Isn’t he wearing a thong? I can’t speak for anyone else, but my balls are darker than the rest of my skin, and I guess I always just thought that was the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/192 "2009-06-04T06:59:04Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Greco is above the waist only. You’re thinking of freestyle. Why yes, I am a combat sports nerd, why do you ask? Whoops - my bad! Ignorance given the smackdown, reversal, escape and… exposure? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/193 "2009-06-04T06:59:58Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Isn’t he wearing a thong? I can’t speak for anyone else, but my balls are darker than the rest of my skin, and I guess I always just thought that was the norm. I ask though: if those aren’t his balls, what is it? I guess it might be his flesh colored thong covered balls smushed up there- but was he wearing a flesh colored thong? Edit to ad: [The thong was silver.](http://www.justpressplay.net/images/stories/bruno-mtvawards.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/194 "2009-06-04T07:02:05Z")
It’s gotta be a flesh colored thong. It’s lighter than his butt-cheeks, not textured at all, and I dunno about his grooming habits but just as a data point, not hairy. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/195 "2009-06-04T08:24:13Z")
Looks like a thong to me. Doesn’t look like balls. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/196 "2009-06-04T11:18:16Z")
From the second picture, that’s clearly a shadow, not a protrusion. And I’d like to commend Mr. Cohen for his dedication to this character - as we learned in _Borat_, he’s a pretty hairy guy. He’s undergone a tremendous amount of manscaping for this gig. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/197 "2009-06-04T14:08:30Z")
It was a thong. There were no exposed genitalia. Give it up. Calling it a “sexual assault” is asinine. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/198 "2009-06-04T14:17:25Z")
Em [confirms](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/usa/2464320/Eminem-admits-he-was-in-on-Bruno-gag.html) that everything was planned: ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/199 "2009-06-04T18:00:41Z")
Yay, I called it in post #8. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347/200 "2009-06-04T18:10:59Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Yay, I called it in post #8. You win a teabagging from Sascha Baron Cohen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-sacha-baron-cohen-is-funny-funny-funny/498347.md?page=11)