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    Sacha Baron Cohen has been messing with people and playing oddball characters for over a decade. He made us laugh with Borat, he made us giggle with Bruno and he made us cackle with The Ali G Show. Now with his new show, 'Who Is America', he's continuing to do what he does best! So let's jump in and discuss 'Pseudo-Realism' and why he's so good at what he does.
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Комментарии • 2,4 тыс.

  • @DikPix
    @DikPix 6 лет назад +4883

    IT'S PRONOUNCED E-RAN NOT I-RAN YOU ABSOLUTE PLEB. My videos are better because I say words RIGHT. YOU SUCK.

    • @matthewkuhl79
      @matthewkuhl79 6 лет назад +214

      DikPix E-RON. Make sure you know what you're talking about before you start correcting people.

    • @TheDarbzilla
      @TheDarbzilla 6 лет назад +106

      He has an accent, he can pronounce Iran the way he thinks it sounds. Not everyone talks the same way you do.

    • @derpmcgerp8062
      @derpmcgerp8062 6 лет назад +98

      Lol. NitPix evil twin.

    • @DJ-zp8hw
      @DJ-zp8hw 6 лет назад +36

      You leave him alone, he's trying his very best!

    • @TrueheartPictures
      @TrueheartPictures 6 лет назад +73

      Nope, in the UK we say Eh- Ran, I have no idea what he's doing

  • @bigjavo36
    @bigjavo36 4 года назад +860

    I was impressed by the one anecdote about how he was portraying borat at a wine tasting and borat was gulping instead of sipping and eventually passed out from over drinking and the camera crew and production people were panicking thinking when he wakes up he’ll drop character. Yet he lurches back to life in full character as borat shouting “YES MORE WINE” with out missing a beat.

  • @mikatu
    @mikatu 6 лет назад +3531

    I agree, he is a genius. In Ali G he did a question to a "animals' lover", would you kill a chicken? No. And would you kill a chicken in order to safe other chicken? That question is more than comedy, is almost philosophical.

    • @GummyMeBessie
      @GummyMeBessie 6 лет назад +79

      It really had me thinking

    • @nielsnielsen9013
      @nielsnielsen9013 6 лет назад +15

      can u explain why its so good? don't unederstand

    • @LeatherCladVegan
      @LeatherCladVegan 6 лет назад +390

      niels,
      Cohen is trying to get them to quantify what it is that is objectively valuable about the animal's life. Is it the chicken's character that makes him or her more valuable than an other? How do we grade a chicken's worth, if not by the kilo?
      What if the first chicken had the second chicken as a hostage, and was threatening to peck him to death? Would it be OK to kill the first chicken then? If you say 'yes', then you have to agree that a chicken's personality constitutes part of its value. If you say 'no', then it's just every chicken for itself, and I really don't think *absolute feudal chicken madness* is any way for farmyard animals to live.
      The humour comes from the juxtaposition between the idiotic character of Ali G, and the incredibly complex, philosophical nature of the answer to that question.
      Does that make sense? (I don't expect you to suddenly find it funny, but I hope you understand).
      Cheers.

    • @gayes
      @gayes 5 лет назад +44

      @@LeatherCladVegan very well put thank u couldn't have thought of it in a better way

    • @mlk7092
      @mlk7092 5 лет назад +52

      @Ninja Squirrel Ali G basically went through a list of meat-based foods asking a vegan if he would eat them, the vegan increasingly getting more offended started saying things like "oh no not even if you paid me 1 million dollars" and then finally Ali g asks would you eat a chicken (presumably already dead) to save the life of another chicken. At this point the vegan had backed himself into his own made corner and had no idea what to reply

  • @luckysharma2
    @luckysharma2 5 лет назад +3283

    The Dictator was pretty funny, for me at least.

  • @artbyjeahan7570
    @artbyjeahan7570 5 лет назад +2700

    Borat was the first vlogger before youtube period

    • @denisenova7494
      @denisenova7494 5 лет назад +14

      JUST JEA: You do realise people recorded themselves ever since cameras were invented

    • @artbyjeahan7570
      @artbyjeahan7570 5 лет назад +17

      Denise Nova yes, but it wasn't really published.

    • @jaystonesmith4672
      @jaystonesmith4672 4 года назад +4

      Weird Paul was the original vlogger. He’s been doing it since the 80s. His old videos are on his channel.

    • @OGXStorm
      @OGXStorm 4 года назад +1

      Andy Kaufman, original troll.

    • @scythe2534
      @scythe2534 4 года назад

      The Onion, original shit posters

  • @enigma369org
    @enigma369org 3 года назад +368

    welll.. my man, 2 years later, im here after Borat 2 that just got released. I was doing some research as I'll be doing my 1st video of the channel re-do concept on the movie and him and will certainly link up your video in mine. Great essay & Articulation. P.s. (i donno if DikPix is you or not ...cause that post which has gotten pinned is weird and has Pix the same as yours in it) I am from Iran and approve how you said it. Beautiful research done mate. You've done well :)

  • @RyanHollinger
    @RyanHollinger 6 лет назад +2162

    Starts with Iranian New Wave... Too perfect.

    • @peacemaster8117
      @peacemaster8117 6 лет назад +16

      Hey, it's THAT fuckin guy.

    • @twoblacklabs904
      @twoblacklabs904 6 лет назад +33

      Sukyo Deekmane ...So does your dad...

    • @DdotTindall
      @DdotTindall 6 лет назад

      Two Black Labs no u

    • @jayr6637
      @jayr6637 6 лет назад +26

      +Sukyo Deekmane
      Why? Because it's a different country with different people to wherever you are?

    • @jayr6637
      @jayr6637 6 лет назад +39

      +Sukyo Deekmane
      So, if I understand you correctly: "Iran sucks dik", "espcially iranian girls" that you allegedly had sex with. You hold this view because you "lived in iran for a year as of 2 months ago".
      Wow, what an insightful and thoroughly justified viewpoint you have!
      You sound like you may be an expert on Iran, maybe you could write a book!
      I can picture it now. Your literary masterpiece, titled "Iran sucks dik" will have the title scrawled on the cover (Graffitti style) using a wide tipped Sharpie. The book opens to a single page of a poorly sketched map of Iran with a sketch of a cock and balls in the middle.

  • @wouterthemanify
    @wouterthemanify 5 лет назад +1928

    The frat boys genuinely liked borat!

    • @IamALeaf
      @IamALeaf 5 лет назад +252

      the only guys who actually loved being around him
      its like that moment when you befriended the autistic guy in highschool

    • @sisocrack
      @sisocrack 5 лет назад +281

      And the young black guys did too.

    • @wouterthemanify
      @wouterthemanify 5 лет назад +7

      Yes!

    • @cavejohnson3721
      @cavejohnson3721 5 лет назад +86

      Two of the frat boys sued

    • @RateOfChange
      @RateOfChange 5 лет назад +7

      @@cavejohnson3721 really?

  • @katr.9902
    @katr.9902 3 года назад +328

    He's a genius for exposing people's worst side. Afterward, they claim to have been misled but they're just trying to cover up for their horribleness.

    • @ozwaldperkz7649
      @ozwaldperkz7649 3 года назад +11

      The dude is getting a lot of hate from Republicans just because their peers are getting goofed on.

    • @wvu05
      @wvu05 2 года назад +3

      @@ozwaldperkz7649 Indeed. And now, we'll have to wonder forever what exactly Sarah Palin did when he got her on the show. Bernie and Ted Koppel didn't make themselves look like jerks when they got interviewed.

    • @KaoticReach1999
      @KaoticReach1999 Год назад

      ​@@ozwaldperkz7649It's more because he appealed to independents by making fun and pointing out the insanity of the Republicans AND Democrats
      But as time went on, right after Borat, but not fully in Bruno, he after his interviews etc he literally became the Far-Leftist he made FUN OF on Ali-G, in fact the things he's said is like he lost any self reflection or common sense that made him so likeable, that there's problems on both sides, AKA reality isn't black and white look at this
      Now he's just...a coward that's become everything he mocked

  • @jimitri1476
    @jimitri1476 5 лет назад +605

    I genuinely enjoyed Dictator movie

  • @bamleith3095
    @bamleith3095 5 лет назад +1320

    the way the frat boys actually feel for borat is strangely heart warming

  • @24FramesOfNick
    @24FramesOfNick 6 лет назад +776

    This was glorious

    • @sergiom.a.1236
      @sergiom.a.1236 6 лет назад +1

      24 Frames Of Nick Not like that WWE guy

    • @ianwatterson6970
      @ianwatterson6970 6 лет назад

      sup

    • @jeniferjoseph9200
      @jeniferjoseph9200 6 лет назад +4

      This shouldn't have been your comment. Your line was "This video sucks. Please do one on High School Musical 2"

    • @XxSwiftDemisexX
      @XxSwiftDemisexX 6 лет назад +2

      Featured video is "Why High School Musical 2 Is The Best One". Was not disappointed.

  • @PeterParker-yg6fc
    @PeterParker-yg6fc 6 лет назад +363

    dude the iranian cinema thing is so interesting

    • @forgeryyy
      @forgeryyy 5 лет назад +19

      You should watch a film called "This is not a film" by Jafar Panahi. He was banned from making films by the government at the time, and it was shot almost entirely on a smartphone and really makes you wonder what separates a film from what we know these days as a vlog

  • @JustinWhangYt
    @JustinWhangYt 6 лет назад +583

    What you call Pseudo Realism reminds me a bit of Italian Neorealism, probably most popularly associated with The Bicycle Thief. In particular, I remember a scene that was interrupted by a church procession, and they just rolled with it.
    Good video.

  • @Left4Candy
    @Left4Candy 4 года назад +245

    Ya'll should watch the German movie "Look who's back".
    It's about Hitler coming back and does exactly what Cohen does, scripted story events + a lot of interesting real encounters.

    • @monikachabior3543
      @monikachabior3543 4 года назад +9

      It's a great movie - true.

    • @matthewkeating4111
      @matthewkeating4111 4 года назад +5

      Good film

    • @Gemesil
      @Gemesil 4 года назад +4

      Felt like they pushed it into German politics a little too much, other then that its a good movie

    • @vdmur7952
      @vdmur7952 4 года назад +1

      Done this done that.

    • @3rdalbum
      @3rdalbum 4 года назад +2

      Good film, quite a few funny bits, but it's almost entirely scripted. Still, when I saw it I recognised SBC's influence.

  • @djhabibi04
    @djhabibi04 5 лет назад +605

    “Borat wants to connect with the people he meets, no matter the race, class or background”
    You kinda forgot the antisemitism and his escape from the Jewish couple.
    That aside, excellent video.

    • @aries8536
      @aries8536 5 лет назад +86

      @Adora Belle Dearheart he is and the "kazkh" he speaks is actually hebrew

    • @LeviForWaifu
      @LeviForWaifu 5 лет назад +60

      @@aries8536 ...that's not the point of the comment. He didn't want to interact with them or be their friend was the statement.
      Borat is a character. A caricature of Muslim countries in general. This is called the "suspension of disbelief".
      The Jew couple saw the film and thought it was hilarious and took the joke well.

    • @menes9984
      @menes9984 4 года назад

      @E Fox May I ask a question?

    • @ultratronger
      @ultratronger 4 года назад

      @@SC-dw3jz shut the fuck up, sacha literally hates jews when he's borat, and everyone loves sacha so your argument is literally invalid squared

    • @SC-dw3jz
      @SC-dw3jz 4 года назад

      @@ultratronger go fuck yourself

  • @abovemadness
    @abovemadness 6 лет назад +592

    One of the greatest trolls ever if not the greatest.

    • @cjholden6205
      @cjholden6205 6 лет назад +40

      Because he is the only troll who actually DOES provide social commentary and satire instead of just being an asshole.

    • @Maxisamo1
      @Maxisamo1 6 лет назад +5

      Cj Holden Not a troll, trolls go after people with malice and purposely go out of their way to piss people off.
      Sasha is more of a fool who slightly manipulates others to become bigger fools than him

    • @LarrySanger
      @LarrySanger 6 лет назад

      That's all he is. He's an asshole, like all trolls.

    • @arktana
      @arktana 5 лет назад +12

      the greatest by far

    • @denisenova7494
      @denisenova7494 5 лет назад

      It‘s satire.

  • @midnightfun1277
    @midnightfun1277 4 года назад +357

    Would have been nice if he played freddy mercury.

    • @jesskfca
      @jesskfca 4 года назад +2

      true

    • @ikeartfilms7783
      @ikeartfilms7783 4 года назад +12

      Yeah he looks so much like him

    • @ultratronger
      @ultratronger 4 года назад +2

      too tall lol

    • @iT4HQ
      @iT4HQ 4 года назад +11

      @@ultratronger yeah and that thin rat rami malek looks nothing like freddie

    • @joerandl9252
      @joerandl9252 4 года назад

      he was considered

  • @ahsonyousef4636
    @ahsonyousef4636 5 лет назад +75

    The Dictator was an excellent movie especially for us growing up in the middle east... Oh and his new limited series The Spy shows us how he's capable of doing way more than just comedies and that his acting skills are also very polished...

  • @TheMobslipfate
    @TheMobslipfate 4 года назад +70

    He pushes the stereotypes to the max, making fun of the people who make fun of those stereotypes. I think it is quite genius.

    • @vitradesk
      @vitradesk 9 месяцев назад

      uh yeah until he tricks a christian palestinian father into an interview then presents him as a 'terrorist'", subsequently ruining the man's reputation in what is most likely already a very difficult life in the west bank

  • @juanpenarostran3602
    @juanpenarostran3602 3 года назад +20

    I just found out that this dude studied history at Cambridge University and Wrote his thesis about the American Civil Rights Movement, he's just an amazing artist... A lot of his comedy has this historic background that involves powerful people and how they ruin common folks

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 6 лет назад +334

    Sacha should have won Best Actor for Borat. The few minutes we see of, for example, an American politician showing his arse and running arse first at a man shouting USA, is the result of hours of great acting, never losing character, never letting the act slip in what must be very hard circumstances.
    I agree his scripted movies have been rather poor, but he's great at what he does best, and Who Is America is what he does best... Great to see him back doing this.
    He's a Great actor, maybe the best of our generation.

    • @ShnoogleMan
      @ShnoogleMan 6 лет назад +36

      ChubbyChecker182 I disagree with the idea that his scripted stuff is poor. I love The Dictator.

    • @budguesor9222
      @budguesor9222 6 лет назад +13

      ShnoogleMan exactly. I even enjoyed The brothers grimsby

    • @ngplayer23
      @ngplayer23 6 лет назад

      Borat is scripted though🤔 as is who is America

    • @xy6845
      @xy6845 6 лет назад +13

      He should be covered in awards literally. The fact he's not somehow proves he's so far ahead many don't get his art, least of all award academies and juries in America.

    • @andrewwu2012
      @andrewwu2012 6 лет назад

      his art isn't "genius" or "era-defining". Its just a more sophisticated way of trolling. Most of his humor is just from inviting people who think outrageous things onto his show, or just saying outrageous things himself. Such as all his offensive jokes.

  • @ChristmasCrybaby
    @ChristmasCrybaby 4 года назад +54

    " 'You will never get this, you will never get this lalalallala'... he a behind his cage a crazy crazy.. everybody laugh. she go 'you a never get this'. But a one time he break a cage and HE GET THIS! And then we all a laugh... HIGH FIVE"

    • @Missredhot2003
      @Missredhot2003 3 года назад

      I love this along with the frat bros when he’s telling them about that game “ put the cheese in the chrum “ Chrum is a hilarious word

  • @mrmojorisin241
    @mrmojorisin241 5 лет назад +155

    Im a big fan of Sasha, and wanted to say that I found his film the brothers Grimsby to be hilarious. Probably his best scripted film, that part with the elephants was priceless.

    • @Westbrom-pn7wd
      @Westbrom-pn7wd 4 года назад

      mrmojorisin241 I know it had me in bits 🤣

    • @aldwincleofe6889
      @aldwincleofe6889 4 года назад +2

      agreed. never figured why the movie tanked

    • @Koll-Manee
      @Koll-Manee 3 года назад

      @@aldwincleofe6889 a lot of people just cant handle dirty dirty dirty movies like his so they bitch about what they were exposed to not only that but its just critics that rate the movies if you go on google and search the movie up you can see how many google users liked it

  • @crycv8458
    @crycv8458 5 лет назад +121

    This video was amazing. Finally people are begining to understand Sacha Baron Cohen
    's work I thought Bruno and Borat both were a fucking masterpiece amazing to see people finally accept and endulge in this satire like comedy.

  • @20xcountry08
    @20xcountry08 4 года назад +133

    I love him, he's clever and hillarous. People that don't like him is because they are uncomfortable with the truth that he brings out through comedy.

    • @nocturnalfolf6097
      @nocturnalfolf6097 4 года назад +8

      I would agree with you except that he and the people who filmed Borat exploited and defamed a bunch of poor villagers in Romania. You know that scene in the beginning which he claims is "Kazakhstan"? Well, that's actually a village in Glod, Romania.....

    • @Pllayer064
      @Pllayer064 4 года назад +2

      @@nocturnalfolf6097 "defamed" how?

    • @portgasempire7867
      @portgasempire7867 2 года назад +1

      @@Pllayer064 He told them it was gonna be a documentary, then they found out he made fun of them and stereotyped them, he could have atleast paid them.

  • @MMAOnPoint
    @MMAOnPoint 6 лет назад +234

    Good to see Nathan for You get a shoutout here too. A criminally underrated show. Fantastic video.

    • @wez498
      @wez498 6 лет назад +1

      Totally agree, great show.

    • @jmwilliams88
      @jmwilliams88 6 лет назад +5

      I tell everyone to watch this show, but it's too hard to describe without comparing to Sacha Baron Cohen, which I think a lot of people associate with crudeness and shock value.

    • @lauradelon4029
      @lauradelon4029 6 лет назад

      what ab Nirvana the band the show, its much better

    • @pr0kris
      @pr0kris 6 лет назад +3

      Hardly underrated. Everyone who's seen it loves it.

    • @re_i_gn
      @re_i_gn 6 лет назад

      Oh shit, didn't know you were into this kind of content! Love your vids. Just like this Baron Cohen video, you're continually pushing for "taboo" content such as mma to be understood by the common folks who would normally look at the amazing sport in such a negative light. It's good that misinformed people could suddenly stumble upon your channel and become enlightened on what mma really is.

  • @MarkAfterDark
    @MarkAfterDark 6 лет назад +220

    Love the level of detail here. Great video man. God damn!

  • @vertigognome6617
    @vertigognome6617 6 лет назад +311

    Thank you nitpix, very cool.

    • @geassmanleon
      @geassmanleon 6 лет назад

      Vertigo Gnome dude i was tryna go to sleep

  • @talkingdownonnett
    @talkingdownonnett 4 года назад +59

    Borat and Brüno are both present in “Da Ali G show”

  • @amitfriedman7677
    @amitfriedman7677 5 лет назад +70

    I couldn’t agree more.
    Sasha is an innovator and a genius.
    Well said, great video.

  • @ajsky1066
    @ajsky1066 6 лет назад +71

    8:00 Bland Comedy = Will Ferrell .....Thank God someone said it. Dunno why he gets so much praise for his below mediocre jokes.

    • @cowboypuddingproductions5424
      @cowboypuddingproductions5424 5 лет назад +3

      Not anymore. Though I like the films he did with Adam McKay, Step Brothers sucked and pretty much every film he makes these days is despised by critics and forgotten by audiences. I mean, do you remember "The House"?

    • @brightblackgrouse6236
      @brightblackgrouse6236 5 лет назад +2

      his movies used to great

    • @kawaiilotus
      @kawaiilotus 4 года назад

      You dont watch a Ferrell film for a philosophical experience

  • @reemal-misky5850
    @reemal-misky5850 6 лет назад +31

    Pretty sure Joji had inspiration from this character when creating Filthy Frank

  • @sheeesh404
    @sheeesh404 6 лет назад +107

    There is a chair... And the chair walk... With shoes... Lalalala... On the street... And the chair... Is a walking... Haahahaha!

    • @1greenMitsi
      @1greenMitsi 6 лет назад +1

      until the jew come with a claw

    • @Matt-iy4tn
      @Matt-iy4tn 6 лет назад +7

      Well, it's a very funny picture.

    • @TheGrassimo
      @TheGrassimo 6 лет назад +3

      One man say to other man, hey ah mister, why your wife so sad.
      The other man say, because my wife, she like a APPLES!

    • @realbangbang
      @realbangbang 6 лет назад

      eShank great joke lol

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 6 лет назад +1

      eShank OMFG!!! I srsly tell this joke at least 1×/mo.!!! It's sooooooo awesome!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @prasantbasnett6716
    @prasantbasnett6716 5 лет назад +42

    "Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius"- stating the obvious..

  • @matthewheckman6218
    @matthewheckman6218 5 лет назад +56

    So..... One question remains..... Where is he now? We need him more than ever

    • @chancejacobs8708
      @chancejacobs8708 5 лет назад +25

      He actually did an interview talking about how he'd have to stop making films for awhile so everyone would forget him because he was still too fresh on the mind of everyone so people would be suspicious

    • @ishwarsingh7922
      @ishwarsingh7922 4 года назад +4

      Spy is your answer

    • @connarkent282
      @connarkent282 4 года назад

      He recently trolled a bunch of racist. And sneaked back in the camp in a different disguise

    • @felipevega5673
      @felipevega5673 4 года назад +4

      He’s making a Borat comeback

    • @bigkahunaburger1092
      @bigkahunaburger1092 3 года назад +2

      Watch Borat 2

  • @OpenMind3000
    @OpenMind3000 6 лет назад +156

    Yes, he is! Great video

    • @JupiterMan98
      @JupiterMan98 6 лет назад

      OPEN MIND Bidde? Du kennst Nitpix? Crazy

    • @Kev4ik
      @Kev4ik 6 лет назад

      Gute videowahl mein großer :D

    • @cyberstonks
      @cyberstonks 6 лет назад +2

      du bist echt überall

  • @theSUBVERSIVE
    @theSUBVERSIVE 4 года назад +20

    Ali G is so eff funny, he is so quick to come up with this distorted question or conclusion from a very odd POV, almost like those questions kids do that let you questioning yourself.

  • @Biskwyy
    @Biskwyy 6 лет назад +41

    I see who Brandon Rogers source his inspiration from

  • @Hi-to-ri
    @Hi-to-ri 5 лет назад +18

    Thanks for taking about Iranian cinema and directors. It is also pronounced “eeran” not I-ran.

  • @pol702lina
    @pol702lina 5 лет назад +80

    his performance in The Spy was incredible

  • @ImnotCarlSagan
    @ImnotCarlSagan 6 лет назад +49

    Hi five very nice how mach?

    • @georgedavidson2024
      @georgedavidson2024 6 лет назад

      Alex Gharibian niace*

    • @iFrostxHD
      @iFrostxHD 6 лет назад

      yo u got a crib we can post our black asses for the night

  • @HarrysMovingMedia
    @HarrysMovingMedia 6 лет назад +228

    I'm a simple man. I see a Nitpix video, I watch and enjoy it immensely every time.

    • @skefsongames
      @skefsongames 6 лет назад +1

      Same with your black mirror series

  • @FeatureHistory
    @FeatureHistory 6 лет назад +68

    Very nice.

  • @tachefilms4183
    @tachefilms4183 5 лет назад +33

    3:23 .....YOUUUUU, YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEED, BUT YOU SAY HES JUST A FRIEND, BUT YOU SAY HES JUST A FRIEND OH BABY YOUUUUU

  • @unwritten_zephyr
    @unwritten_zephyr 3 года назад +28

    Coming back to this after Borat 2, I’m seeing a lot of people bring up the character’s blatant hatred towards jews. Can’t truly comment on it, as I’m not jewish myself, but to me it seemed like he was always showing how ridiculous anti-Semitic people are. And to me thats such a great way to battle people who share those views. If you can’t have a logical debate with them, simply point and laugh at how dumb they look and sound.
    People have the full right to take offense to Borat’s views, but I’ve always seen it as something similar to Mel Brooks. Baron Cohen gets more flak for it simply because Borat is pseudo-realism, like you said. Theres a discussion to be had there, but most people would write it off as hate speech and go to bed happy. And that makes me sad.

    • @TheLuizSouza
      @TheLuizSouza 3 года назад +1

      I've always thought that was obvious, but I guess everyone's overly sensitive nowadays.

    • @blu3250
      @blu3250 3 года назад +2

      Sasha is Jewish lol. Woke people rlly doing their research

    • @siobhanvidaashmole9009
      @siobhanvidaashmole9009 Год назад

      1. Sasha is Jewish
      2. He won an award from a Jewish organization for his work bringing a awareness to antisemitism aka borat

  • @PortalPuddle
    @PortalPuddle 6 лет назад +23

    "Psuedo-Realism" is a great descriptive title! Eric Andre I guess falls more in the "prank" category but I definitely think that he is also pioneering in this new wave of comedy

  • @onenation8707
    @onenation8707 4 года назад +15

    Pure genius. Ali G was my childhood. Later on I only started to appreciate Borat and Bruno more. I thought the Grimsby Brothers was a funny film! Dictator of course good movie!

  • @ViperGamingChannel
    @ViperGamingChannel 5 лет назад +17

    Borat blew my mind, that shit was hilarious. Also I'm a bit of a too honest person to my own good myself, so I know all about this sincerity problem ppl have

    • @carmensmithaguirre3049
      @carmensmithaguirre3049 3 года назад

      Oh my god do people hate you if you're too sincere and honest I'm like that too😳

  • @BunkerMountain
    @BunkerMountain 6 лет назад +20

    Ohhh baby, youuuuu!
    You got what iii neeeeed,
    but you say he's just a friend,
    oh you say he's just a friend!

  • @ryansmith240992
    @ryansmith240992 3 года назад +12

    I just love how he interviews politicians or other famous people & they reveal who they really are which no media or journalist could do!

  • @ryanleatigaga7596
    @ryanleatigaga7596 6 лет назад +358

    I really want to do something like this, except my idea is to have some sort of mockumentary about an alien crash landing on Earth trying to find its "leader". It'll have our character going through every major superpower (except North Korea, for obvious reasons) to figure out who rules the world. That's all I got.

    • @Nitpix
      @Nitpix  6 лет назад +57

      That's a sick idea man

    • @Theotherguy963
      @Theotherguy963 6 лет назад +20

      Daniela Elliott Two words, one film, The Interview. Look into north Korea's reaction to the film and you'll get your answer.

    • @ajsky1066
      @ajsky1066 6 лет назад +6

      Shouldn't you post this on Kickstarter or Patreon and get funding instead?

    • @TheBurgerkrieg
      @TheBurgerkrieg 6 лет назад +6

      That is actually a fantastic idea, though you would probably deal mostly with wackos, which might give the film an interesting quality all of its own.

    • @realisticthinking3490
      @realisticthinking3490 6 лет назад +1

      I might be wrong, but I think that you need something more credible to mess with people's heads.

  • @mandanaashrafi4660
    @mandanaashrafi4660 6 лет назад +25

    He took the acting and comedy to the next level !!!
    He is a Genius!!!

  • @StinkyBlack1
    @StinkyBlack1 6 лет назад +97

    i loved borat. i despised bruno the first time i saw the movie. i didnt get it at all. i didnt realize that its a prank, and only key members of the cast and crew are in on it. once i realized that these reactions from people were real, i became a HUGE fan. ive watched every episode of ali g, seen all of his movies and appearances. i honestly liked his older material the best, the more recognizable he became, the less acheivable his comedy became.

    • @ub3rfr3nzy94
      @ub3rfr3nzy94 6 лет назад +3

      That's why he waited a long ass time before doing "This is America". Nobody saw it coming. New characters too so nobody could tell.

    • @giggles2302
      @giggles2302 6 лет назад +4

      anton eckart This is why he retires his characters, because they become too recognizable.

    • @DaniboyBR2
      @DaniboyBR2 6 лет назад

      Thats one of the reasons this new show sucks, the awful costumes, you can see is fake from a mile away.

  • @ECL28E
    @ECL28E 3 года назад +15

    In short, Baron Cohen is better-off without a script.

    • @joeyj5924
      @joeyj5924 3 года назад

      💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯%👌👍

  • @shame2189
    @shame2189 4 года назад +8

    The ALI G show wasn't a prankshow, it was simply a talkshow where sacha didn't play as himself. That makes it so beautiful and authentic, if it were a prank show we would still see ALI G as the actor he gets played by.

  • @bigfan1041
    @bigfan1041 6 лет назад +67

    To bring up the Ali G Show and Alan Partridge without mentioning Chris Morris is an absolute scandal.

  • @sphericon3
    @sphericon3 6 лет назад +18

    Oops! You forgot the role of Andy Kaufman in paving the way for this kind of comedy.

  • @MarcAlcatraz
    @MarcAlcatraz 6 лет назад +56

    Would the Eric Andre show also be classified as a character comedy?

    • @Doktorlady
      @Doktorlady 6 лет назад +5

      I was wondering the same but too scared to comment

    • @CCCPCommunist
      @CCCPCommunist 6 лет назад

      Eric Andre,Steve Brule, etc.. are all characters.

    • @keeganmcauliffe9764
      @keeganmcauliffe9764 6 лет назад +1

      Eric Andre has admitted that he takes what people like SBC do one step further on his show. So, SBC often does mock interviews, where Eric Andre does mockeries of mock interviews. Thats the whole point of his show, to mock the fake interview genre. Not to insult it in anyway, just because its as ridiculous as he possibly can. Like, SBC asks legitmate questions even if he is playing a really stupid character, that character would be stupid enough to asks those questions. , most of the questions Eric Andre asks his guests are pure nonsense
      His street sketches are straight out of SBC playbook

  • @MyanRiller
    @MyanRiller 3 года назад +5

    This take aged well

  • @Kriistiee
    @Kriistiee 4 года назад +3

    I went to see Bruno with my family, it was both hilarious and excruciatingly awkward

  • @reservoirfrog1
    @reservoirfrog1 6 лет назад +35

    Have you even heard of Chris Morris?

    • @sf3testvids
      @sf3testvids 6 лет назад +4

      reservoirfrog1 kind of thinking that myself tbh but didn't want to say out load
      ...

    • @reservoirfrog1
      @reservoirfrog1 6 лет назад +12

      pat nik Chris Morris was doing SBC before SBC and doing it better. Brass Eye is much better than Who Is America, although it does have moments of genius. I like Sacha but it reminds me of the Jeff Goldblum speech from Jurassic Park about 'Standing on the shoulders of geniuses'

    • @sf3testvids
      @sf3testvids 6 лет назад +5

      Appreciate what sbc is doing but yea he was hardly the first, like you said Chris Morris was doing this as early as 1989 almost a decade before sbc came on scene...

    • @reservoirfrog1
      @reservoirfrog1 6 лет назад +11

      pat nik Precisely and by the time Brass Eye came on the scene, he had it down to an art. Remember the one where he went to All Saints road in the late 90s asking dealers for fictional drugs? That was as ballsy as anything SBC did; people were killed there regularly.

    • @MrPolus24
      @MrPolus24 6 лет назад +9

      I was just about to mention Chris Morris. He was doing this 20 years ago

  • @Neuroticmancer
    @Neuroticmancer 6 лет назад +17

    I think Brass Eye was the precursor to all of these shows

    • @RevZman
      @RevZman 6 лет назад +2

      Neuroticmancer The Day Today n all.

  • @SnazzBot
    @SnazzBot 6 лет назад +12

    I thought Ali G was first seen on the 11 o'clock show, and he got the Ali G show from the success of his work on the 11 o'clock show?

    • @tonedowne
      @tonedowne 6 лет назад +2

      This is true as far as I know. He did Borat on the show as well. Also it was the first place I saw Ricky Ger ais.
      Great show

  • @Adambenhmida0000
    @Adambenhmida0000 4 года назад +10

    The song in the background is “just a friend” for anyone wondering

  • @dhingrakamal
    @dhingrakamal 5 лет назад +5

    Sasha Baron Cohen is still criminally underrated. I was also hoping you would include David Walliams and Matt Lucas as two other great British character actors. Love them!

  • @ravinloon58
    @ravinloon58 6 лет назад +34

    SBC is very good at what he does but he did't invent the idea, in fact he is following in a long tradition here in the UK of mocking people who think they are important and he takes it to another level. Dennis Pennis was so obviously SBC's inspiration... taking to the red carpet as a British Journalist and mocking celebrities with cryptic questions. SBC's interview with the Beckhams is legendary.

    • @mksabourinable
      @mksabourinable 5 лет назад +1

      There was also Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans. He's a very popular political comedian here in Canada. His talking to Americans show was in the 90s.
      (He'd basically go to the states and ask for American opinions on ridiculous bullshit he'd make up about Canada, to see if they'd believe it and act like they know what they're talking about. He even interviewed some politicians lol)

    • @Christofrrr
      @Christofrrr 3 года назад

      2 years later i know but this made me remember when dennis pennis stuck his mic in arnold schwarzenegger's face in a red carpet throng saying 'hey arnold, how does it feel to be one of the biggest names in hollywood?' then a.s. being caught on the hop and wondering if he needed to reply being trolled perfectly by getting 'yeah, 14 letters, how about that?' thrown at him, perfectly timed... boom!

  • @MrNside
    @MrNside 3 года назад +3

    You misspelled "Journalist" ... He just edits clips out of context to push his fake narrative.

  • @thefunkybassist9916
    @thefunkybassist9916 4 года назад +6

    His genius is how well he embodies a character AND brings out people's dark sides without script, albeit in a goofy way.

  • @djkipping
    @djkipping 3 года назад +3

    Above all I admire Sacha's incredible courage. Again and again he enters groups and even crowds of people who strongly oppose what his character is going to say and do. Revealing their prejudice and often invoking their anger. He never backs off, holds on to his outcome, always goes first and is a true leader. Sacha boldly goes where no one has gone before.
    Second, I admire his ability to always remain in character. Even for days in a row! Third, his wit and ability to improvise. Whatever happens, he responds in a funny way never missing a beat. Last but not least, I like his higher values like honesty and equality of people.

  • @blockflow7988
    @blockflow7988 4 года назад +3

    Sacha was probably influenced by Paul Kaye who had a TV show on BBC called "Dennis Pennis" long before Ali G, it was ground breaking at the time. Lots of similarities with Ali G like interviewing celebs and politicians in character without them having any clue what was really going on.

  • @sn8wball
    @sn8wball 6 лет назад +24

    “Is it coz I’m black” do I need to say any more

  • @Evan-nx9ng
    @Evan-nx9ng 6 лет назад +67

    NitPix grew up with Sacha Baron Cohen

  • @dangerouslytalented
    @dangerouslytalented 6 лет назад +5

    His interview style also owes much to Garry McDonald’s character Norman Gunston from the 70s. He was an Australian comedian who interviewed people in character, and the humor developed from the fact that the international guests didn’t know that this man, billed as Australia’s best interviewer was a bit of an idiot

  • @mehrdad7239
    @mehrdad7239 3 года назад +5

    who is here after borat 2?

  • @sikyr3329
    @sikyr3329 4 года назад +1

    I saw once a video about a gypsie village in Romania which he introduced as his village in Kazakhstan in borat and when the inhabitants saw Borat they were furious and said "Borat lied to us!" which means that he played his character even behind the scenes. What a legend

  • @MarcAlcatraz
    @MarcAlcatraz 6 лет назад +10

    Sacha Baron Cohen would be really good as D&D

    • @justincaviness
      @justincaviness 6 лет назад +3

      Marc Alcatraz Yes, someone else says it. I'd totally play a game with him as the DM.

  • @zorpio6469
    @zorpio6469 6 лет назад +5

    Yoo iv always said this guy is a genius how he makes his interviews and films but my friend think it’s all set up so don’t understand the genius behind it all, also loving the 2pac picture me rolling instrumental in the background 🔥

  • @gakiNEMO
    @gakiNEMO 6 лет назад +5

    0:40 I had to check Spotify to see if I was playing Thundercat's album lol

  • @matronator
    @matronator 6 лет назад +7

    Dat Dre playing in the background tho

  • @DoctorSandia
    @DoctorSandia 3 года назад +1

    In my experience funny people are actually pretty smart, they have to be pretty clever to come up with different jokes and sometimes they have to have some kind of knowledge in different types of subjects as well.

  • @tori2dles
    @tori2dles 6 лет назад +29

    Sometimes he is hilarious. Sometimes he can peel back reality to the nubbins & it’s good.
    Other times he seems too obvious or too in your face to me. I think if he pulled some of the overt sexual stuff with me, I’d be fearful of where it might go. I mean, that’s just from being a woman who’s endured more than her share of advances, molestations and near miss rapes. Sadly, I AM wary & may come across as haughty or even rude if a dude like Borat started up with sexual innuendos.
    It wouldn’t be because his his ethnicity (I’ve actually been to Kazakhstan and really like the Kazakh people). It’s just my past as a woman who’s had bad experiences.
    The reality is, I dislike a lot of crass, especially with people I don’t know. I just don’t know where it might go and there were times where I gave the benefit of the doubt and it was read as permission or stupidity. And then something awful happened.

    • @Chevelle405
      @Chevelle405 4 года назад +1

      wishing you all the best dear. best of wishes.

  • @tomfoolery5680
    @tomfoolery5680 3 года назад +3

    Imagine Tom Green. Now, imagine if Tom Green were funny. Thats SBC.

  • @pingopong
    @pingopong 6 лет назад +4

    He is a genius! The world really needs more people like him.

  • @tobiasfunke5685
    @tobiasfunke5685 4 года назад +3

    I think Borat is better than Bruno

  • @ultrakool
    @ultrakool 3 года назад +2

    I'd say he is a clever fellow, but hardly a genius. much in the same way the talmud is a clever volume of books, but hardly an ingenious work.

  • @omarab865
    @omarab865 4 года назад +4

    GENERAL ALADEEN?? How was he not mentioned...

  • @shmoo1000
    @shmoo1000 6 лет назад +5

    Borat, along with all of his other content, is a serious masterpiece

  • @mynameisdan7754
    @mynameisdan7754 6 лет назад +36

    The only thing that's put me off making a website is the fact that I can't watch Cupcake and Dino when I make it. Finally, with Squarespace, this has been made possible and I could not be more over the moon! I can now publish online my appreciation for Cupcake and Dino, I can talk about its animation, witty writing, heartbreaking moments and overall great production value. Never before has man been able to create a website showing their love for Cupcake and Dino whilst watching an episode of Cupcake and Dino. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Squarespace. And thank you NitPix, for without you I never would have stumbled across this magnificent service, I owe you my second born. Peace out bros.

  • @asneakylawngnome5792
    @asneakylawngnome5792 2 года назад +2

    Thank you! When I try to explain why Borat is actually deep and meaningful behind the comedy people just think I’m stupid because all they remember are the laughs. Not what Borat was trying to get across.

  • @harterism
    @harterism 3 года назад +1

    Who else got shook hard with that EMINEM beat at 10:38? I literally just started busting out into a beat screaming "SO CRACK A BOTTLE!"

  • @MattDoelandMusic
    @MattDoelandMusic 3 года назад +3

    Sacha did his comedic training at a clown school - this taught him everything.

  • @MrCrushus
    @MrCrushus 5 лет назад +8

    There's no need for you to coin the term "pseudo-realism" because the phenomenon you describe already exists! It's been around since the 1940s.
    It's called Italian Neorealism and started around the mid 1940s. Italian filmmakers, post war, were fed up with government sanctioned films that were aimed at pleasing Mussolini. They started making films on the streets of Italy, and the genre was typified by the use of non-actors playing themselves, basing the stories on real life Italians, and depicting the struggles that came with living in post war Italy. The seminal movie of the genre is often thought to be Rome, Open city (written/directed by Rossellini) and bicycle thieves is often thought of in this vein too (by De Sica).
    Im in film school ATM and literally just wrote an essay about Italian neorealism like 2 weeks ago coincidentally!

    • @denisenova7494
      @denisenova7494 5 лет назад

      MrCrushus: Yes and it‘s even older than this. There is something called „invisible theater“ ;)

    • @jafrost1328
      @jafrost1328 4 года назад

      weird question; how the fuck do i get into film school?

  • @harold5337
    @harold5337 4 года назад +2

    Sacha is a controversial comic, but he is absolutely hilarious because he goes all the way, and isn't afraid of the consequences. Plus his work is not just cheap shock humour, it is clever works of satire and parody. He is among the greatest comedians working today, and will be talked about for generations.

  • @kaankalem2666
    @kaankalem2666 3 года назад +1

    There is a limit for a joke. He can't use media to make fun of a nation
    that had nothing against for him. Everyone keeps saying he randomly
    chose Kazakhstan but I think not. If we let these kinds of f'up
    comedians portray some struggling third-countries, many fools like him
    will start rising and making fun of other countries. There is this thing
    called global unision and respecting every culture even U.S ,
    Kazakhstan or others. Fools will start using media to say f'ed up untrue
    shit about countries. If this f'ed up guy allows mockery and we allow
    there won't be respect of other ethnicities. He is using the fact tht
    noone knows Kazakhstan for his advantage to belittle the country even
    more. The language he speaks is not even Kazakh, he is speaking in
    Jewish. He also could have chosen unnamed country if he really wanted to
    random, but I guess not because he is determined to make of a
    "struggling third world" country he couldnt help himself but to go with
    it. He is probably rich enough and educated enough but going that route
    yeah man not the way to go

  • @ramonek9109
    @ramonek9109 4 года назад +2

    You say that Cohen took the concept from Steve Coogan and then came up with the addition of real people instead of actors. I think it is more comparable to the work of Christopher Morris who interviewd real people long before Cohen and is the obvious insperation.

  • @TrueheartPictures
    @TrueheartPictures 6 лет назад +4

    "Likeable, relateable characters" : shows Jack Dee and Jimmy Carr.

  • @tomkirby9721
    @tomkirby9721 6 лет назад +4

    3:22 you can hear 'just a friend' by biz markie in the background

  • @foeof
    @foeof 6 лет назад +7

    3:59 RIP Ryan Dunn

  • @gittyupalice96
    @gittyupalice96 4 года назад +1

    People hate him because he's not politically correct.. and yet he exposes the very same people for being the ones in the wrong. GENIUS, people like this need to keep it up and NOT tone it down.