Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Ali G, almost caused a riot at a Roanoke rodeo while filming an episode of his satiric tv show this week. In character as bumbling Borat the Kazakhstani, Cohen told the crowd he supported America’s war on terrorism and said “I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards … And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq.” He then sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” with garbled enthusiasm. The audience didn’t realize the joke was on them (they never do; see Cohen’s previous political prank) and Cohen and his crew had to be escorted off the premises before some rodeo-goer pulled a weapon.
The incident is rather encouraging, since the crowd didn’t raise their lassoes in solidarity with Borat’s message (as they did in the country-western bar when he called for all Jews to be thrown down a well), but geez, don’t they have cable in Virginia?
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I bought the First Season on DVD and it’s worth the money! Borat is a crazy character, and on the DVD Sacha explains that the grey suit we wears during the Borat bits has NEVER been washed since he started doing the character several years ago. Could you imagine a smelly, hairy, TV reporter Named Borat talking about his nads and signing the star-spangled banner in Virginia? I dont have cable either but when the DVD hits it’ll be on my shelf!
I saw the episode where he was in the bar and it was the funniest thing. You have to see it to beleive there are still people out there that rival the Hillbilly Movies. this guy has a lot of B$#2 to be doing this in these small towns. I love his show…
Sasha Cohen = Str8 badass.
Borat looks like he smells bad.