[tv trailer] Who Is America?

[Arthur]

https://youtu.be/OtOts_9rHck

[Arthur]

The people being interviewed are absolute idiots... 🤯

 

Edited July 17, 2018 by Arthur

[admars]

just watched it, brilliant, I think, like Brass Eye, you laugh, then want to cry at what some of the people are saying.

 

Who Is America? - All 4

[hardtailstar]

Just watched the first episode. I can't believe the artist woman pulled out one of her lady region hairs!

[Arthur]

[admars]

when I was at uni, during the holidays, I'd do various temp jobs, working in warehouses, drivers mate etc. Now and again, the regulars there would try get you to do something impossible, ask their mate for a left handed screwdriver, find some tartan paint etc, but I remember saying to these guys "I know there's no such thing as that", or occasionally go along with the prank, as it was easier than arguing, but this is scary what these ppl will say or do when asked

[admars]

[h=1]Sacha Baron Cohen ridicule prompts Georgia lawmaker to quit[/h]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44949504

[Arthur]

Sacha Baron Cohen ridicule prompts Georgia lawmaker to quit

I was also surprised at what he got Jason Spencer to do without question.

 

In the episode, Baron Cohen invents the "Israeli anti-terrorism expert" Col Erran Morad, and convinces Mr Spencer to:

 

• Bare his buttocks and chase Baron Cohen shouting "USA!" Mr Spencer is told terrorists do not want to be touched by other men's buttocks because they are afraid of homosexuality
  
• Shout the "n-word" loudly and repeatedly to attract attention and ward off a kidnapper. Baron Cohen then says: "Are you crazy? The 'n-word' is noonie! Not this word. This word is disgusting"
  
• Impersonate a Chinese tourist while placing a selfie-stick under the garment of a burqa-clad person to take a picture to ensure the person is not a terrorist (Mr Spencer backed legislation in 2016 to ban Muslim women from wearing burqas in public)
  

 

The mosque prank in Kingman, Arizona was also quite funny.

 

www.vulture.com/2018/07/who-is-america-mosque-prank.html

 

When Sacha Baron Cohen went to Kingman, Arizona, to film a prank for Who Is America? episode two, he got exactly what he wanted. After his liberal character, Dr. Nira Cain-N’Degeocello, led a focus group about plans to replace a local shopping center with a $385 million mosque funded by the Saudi government and the Clinton Foundation — plans that, to put it lightly, did not go over well with the attendees — the event received coverage in a local newspaper, well before Baron Cohen’s prank victims knew who they were dealing with.

 

A Mohave Valley Daily News article published on January 3 describes how a reality TV production company called Clear Meadow Films recruited and paid people through Facebook, Craigslist, and other local ads to attend the focus group, in which they signed consent forms before attending what would ultimately become a segment on Who Is America?, where one of the attendees bluntly announced, “I’m racist toward Muslims.”

Edited July 25, 2018 by Arthur

[admars]

I've "enjoyed" watching it, but rarely laughed, it's more interesting, and scary at what ppl will say and do, and it time shocking and therefore sad Last episode especially, the guy who afterwards says he wouldn't be a sheep

 

the one thing that did make me chuckle was the end credits in last episode

 

I would put spoiler tags if it was possible...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

special publicity consultant

Edited August 28, 2018 by admars

[hardtailstar]

I've "enjoyed" watching it, but rarely laughed, it's more interesting, and scary at what ppl will say and do, and it time shocking and therefore sad Last episode especially, the guy who afterwards says he wouldn't be a sheep

 

the one thing that did make me chuckle was the end credits in last episode

 

I would put spoiler tags if it was possible...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

special publicity consultant

 

I enjoyed it and laughed a lot at the stupidity of some of the people. Can't pin down the most stupid people but the episode where the guy bit onto the rubber man part as a 'defensive mechanism' was particularly stupid!