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...nightmare if you're the host or hostess. If the thought of throwing a fancy party is enough to dampen your holiday spirit, you may be in the market for the crowd of new cookbooks coming just in time to take the stress out of party planning. Comedian Amy Sedaris, below right, leads the pack with a collection of edgy etiquette pointers and wacky wardrobe suggestions. Among the offerings from chefs and restaurateurs and magazine editors, there's a book to suit your every entertaining need, from intimate gatherings to blowout bashes. Party...
...checking the power of those who would inflict more. Brad Jarvis Arvada, Colorado, U.S. Throughout history, great men with vision and courage have stood alone in the face of political opposition. Hurrah for the Lone Ranger! John Wiedersatz Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. Bigotry As Comedy Joel Stein's story on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's movie Borat stated that "Any normal person over 35 is going to find [Baron Cohen's character] Borat horrifying" [Nov. 6]. I disagree; I'm 37, and although I thought the film was as vulgar and far removed from political correctness...
...television show “Borat,” part of “Da Ali G Show,” in which comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s character first appeared, thrives on idiocy and prejudice. At its best, the show is a hilarious and biting social commentary on society’s bigotry and absurdities. Its foolish victims feel perfectly comfortable revealing their prejudices to some dumb and irrelevant foreigner, or else are too polite to disagree with him. For the most part, they have only themselves to blame for their humiliation...
SACHA BARON COHEN, British comedian and star of the wildly popular film Borat, in which Baron Cohen's character maintains, among other absurdities, that Kazakh women are kept in cages...
Joel Stein's story on comedian Sasha Baron Cohen's movie Borat stated that "any normal person over 35 is going to find [Baron Cohen's character] Borat horrifying" [Nov. 6]. I disagree; I'm 37, and although I thought the film was as vulgar and far removed from political correctness as you can get, I was not horrified. It is a brilliant satirical look at global prejudice and without a doubt the funniest movie in years. You don't have to be under or over a certain age to know a sharp work of satire or pure comic genius...