вЂњIn 2005, you needed a character like Borat who was misogynist, racist, anti-Semitic to get people to reveal their inner prejudices,вЂќ he said. Baron Cohen has been compared to a raunchy de Tocqueville and he said he did see a huge change in American society from the time he first went out to shoot вЂњBoratвЂќ 15 years ago to the time he made the sequel. Baron Cohen shot his scene on the witness stand reminded him of the day Jack Nicholson shot his courtroom scene in вЂњA Few Good Men,вЂќ noting, вЂњEveryone wanted to watch 120 extras didnвЂ™t care that the camera wasnвЂ™t on them, they stayed to watch.вЂќ Sorkin, who wrote and directed the Chicago 7 film, said that the day Mr. (And, he has a terrific singing voice, which he showed off in вЂњSweeney Todd,вЂќ вЂњLes MisГ©rablesвЂќ and at David GeffenвЂ™s 75th birthday party, when he sang вЂњIf I Were a Rich ManвЂќ from вЂњFiddler on the RoofвЂќ and chaffed the billionaires and millionaires in the room that they made up вЂњthe worldвЂ™s third largest economy.вЂќ) Baron Cohen is actually, like all great clowns - yes, he went to clown school, LвЂ™Ecole Philippe Gaulier - able to switch easily from light to dark. While he calls himself вЂњthis comedian whoвЂ™s dabbled in a bit of acting over the years,вЂќ Mr. вЂњHe was very influenced by Lenny Bruce and he realized that if he could make people laugh, he could get them engaged in the cause.вЂќ Baron Cohen said of the man who co-founded the Yippies and preached flower power. вЂњEssentially, he was trying to be a stand-up comedian,вЂќ Mr. So he was primed to play the puckish Abbie Hoffman. Baron Cohen actually started studying anti-Semitism at Cambridge University, when he wrote his thesis on вЂњthe Black-Jewish allianceвЂќ and identity politics in the Civil Rights movement. Doing the speech was вЂњcompletely out of my comfort zone,вЂќ he said, because вЂњIвЂ™ve always been reluctant to be a celebrity and IвЂ™ve always been wary of using my fame to push any political views, really.вЂќ The speech catalyzed the вЂњStop Hate for ProfitвЂќ campaign, with a coalition of civil rights groups and Mr. вЂњIf Facebook were around in the 1930s,вЂ™вЂ™ he said, вЂњit would have allowed Hitler to post 30-second ads on his вЂsolutionвЂ™ to the вЂJewish problem.вЂ™вЂќ Scorching the lords of the cloud, he said that Facebook would run and micro-target any вЂњpoliticalвЂќ ad anyone wants, even if itвЂ™s a lie. The actor started his speech by saying that, to be clear, вЂњwhen I say вЂracism, hate and bigotry,вЂ™ IвЂ™m not referring to the names of Stephen MillerвЂ™s Labradoodles.вЂќ Later he noted that while his stunts could be вЂњjuvenileвЂќ and вЂњpuerile,вЂќ at least some are aimed at getting people to reveal what they actually believe, as вЂњwhen Borat was able to get an entire bar in Arizona to sing вЂThrow the Jew down the well,вЂ™ it did reveal peopleвЂ™s indifference to anti-Semitism.вЂќ Baron Cohen used Hebrew and some Polish as a stand-in for the Kazakh language in Borat.) More than anyone in public life today, he exposes bias - whether itвЂ™s anti-Semitism, homophobia or rank racism - for what it is, shameful and wrenching and ignorant.вЂќ (In fact, Mr. вЂњThese issues are at the heart of his motive for his unique style of art. вЂњI was just so impressed by his intelligence,вЂ™вЂ™ Mr. Baron Cohen reached out to Jonathan Greenblatt, the director of the A.D.L., who persuaded the star to give the keynote at last yearвЂ™s A.D.L. He tended to let critiques pass without rebuttal, as when journalists wondered if Ali G was in the tradition of Al Jolson and when Abe Foxman, the former director of the Anti-Defamation League, criticized Borat, fearing the character could incite anti-Semitism because some people might miss the irony.ДЄfter the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., an appalled Mr. He would occasionally speak as his characters. He refused for many years to give interviews as himself. But out of character, heвЂ™s very private, even a bit shy. The prankster has no problem sprinting out of a luxury hotel in New York and running down the street in lacy pink lingerie.

He added, вЂњHis brilliance was to commandeer the very term that was being used against him, вЂfake news,вЂ™ and use it against every journalist that had journalistic integrity.вЂќ That was why I wanted to interview him as Ali G.вЂќ Baron Cohen, who turned 49 this past week, said, вЂњObviously, IвЂ™ve realized that IвЂ™ve had a longstanding distaste for the president. But my daughter Ivanka saw it and thought it was very cool.вЂќ Trump, who walked out of the interview in disgust, told me afterward: вЂњI thought he was seriously retarded. What if a country didnвЂ™t like carrots? What if its inhabitants preferred a different vegetable?ДЄli G pitched Donald Trump about investing in an ice cream glove that would prevent your hand from getting sticky. He quizzed a puzzled James Baker about why he used a system of carrots and sticks in international diplomacy.

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