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Over the past two weeks, however, huge audiences across the country have filled movie theaters to laugh off their worries about this seeming “clash of civilizations” by going to see the new movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Starring Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles, best known for his work as a writer on “Seinfeld,” “Borat” resonates so much with audiences because of the West’s unease...
Overall, “Borat” provides a relatively unthreatening forum for expressing people’s exasperation and anxiety about the West’s encounters with Islam. But it does so in an oblique way. We can laugh at Borat’s ridiculous anti-Semitism, without having to think about Ahmadinejad’s ominous statement that Israel should be “wiped...
...additional comedic storyline. Vincent, the clear standout of the entire performance, played the role of a demanding woman flawlessly. From training her companion on the proper way to kiss her hand to nearly knocking the wind out of her counterpart with her umbrella, her interactions with Singerman inspired laugh after laugh in the audience. Vincent’s beautiful singing voice was matched by such expressive gestures that even without reading the translation of her words, their meaning was clear.Singerman appeared to be a completely different actor in a comedic setting, with expressions that played off Vincent?...
...took violin lessons and conducting lessons,” he recalls.Even in post-production, Harris has found himself enjoying the music that was in his head for so long.“My iPod is still kind of loaded up with that,” he says with a laugh. However, he admits that his ineptitude with digital technology might play a part in that fact.“You know, [there are] a couple of Dylan tunes, but it’s mostly Beethoven, primarily because it’s so hard for me to put shit...
...sound and voice is their total 100 percent creation,” said Levy about the casts in the duo’s films.But even for veteran actors, the feat of improvising through the guise of a character is a delicate one, if only in resisting the urge to laugh.“You’re on the set improvising, hearing things for the first time, seeing things for the first time...It’s a very dangerous thing,” Levy says. “People are creating and coming up with very funny things...