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Clueless, desperate-to-fit-in, optimistic foreigners are a classic comedy trope--the Clouseaus, Cousin Balkis, Morks, Two Wild and Crazy Guys--because they spotlight the ridiculousness that we accept. When he's at a rodeo, driving the crowd into a frenzy with anti-Iraqi, pro-war cheers, Borat demonstrates how much aggression is intertwined with patriotism. And his attempts to be American pinpoint exactly how the world sees us: garish, violent, nouveau riche, a land of Donald Trumps and 50 Cents...
...nearly insane. At the time a radio was a piece of furniture. But the suggestion worked. As a product, yes, but before that as an idea. Cognitive science tells us that the human brain is wired to perceive patterns and is drawn to aberrations--a radio small enough to fit in my pocket...
...that there would be no fighting there. The Americans would not attack it, and the Iraqi army would not bother to defend it," he recalls, "because there's nothing important in Fallujah. It was like an old car that nobody wanted." As Sunni Muslims, the family thought they would fit right into the Sunni-majority town...
...Harvard, it seems that such incidents are very rare. I haven’t seen any dramatic anti-war protests or angry animal rights sit-ins. Most of the students I have spoken to have fairly well thought-out, left-of-center opinions—the kind that would fit right into the political platforms of most popular American politicians. Harvard is characterized by its calm and rational, albeit mildly careerist, discourse...
...with a summary of his key points at the end of the chapter. In the preface, he goes so far as to state that “Micromotives” was not written as a book, but rather a set of individual ideas that “seemed to fit together.” Unfortunately, Schelling was wrong; they don?...