I couldn't wait for this day to come. Since I watched ''Ali G.'' many years ago, I have regularly following Sacha Baron Cohen's appearances on TV. Three years ago it was ''Borat'' that on the one hand offended but on the other hand made people laugh so badly and finally since, last Thursday, ''Brüno'' is in the movies. After about 3/4 th of the film Ron Paul was in the center of the action...Ron Paul? YES, ''our'' Ron Paul. Ron Paul, the Republican Congressman. Brüno who pretends to be an Austrian fashion journalist asked Ron Paul for an interview on Austrian economy. Believing this, Paul agreed and met Brüno. Being in Brüno's hotelroom the ''interview'' started. And as you can all guess, it was not the kind of interview Ron Paul expected. I will briefly describe what happened because the movie was unfortunately removed from youtube :(
Brüno offered Paul something to drink and eat...then ''worked out'' a bit his butt facing Paul's direction....then he took off his pants and stood in front of Ron Paul trying to seduce him... Paul freaked out and left the room shouting that Brüno was gay...
Brüno's intention was to confront an anti-gay politician with his pretended homosexuality. Brüno reached his goal...as said before, Ron Paul freaked out! Mission accomplished! ;)
My question to you folks is: Was the way Cohen critizised Paul OK or did he go too far?
I think that the way Cohen did it was OK, OK and again OK!
Watch Paul's comment on his very short appearance on ''Brüno''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHVnDQOsOic
Have a good day,
Sebastian
Montag, 13. Juli 2009
Montag, 6. Juli 2009
Response to Trippi's ''Afterword''
Hey readers,
well, honestly I was not very surprised when I read Trippi's ''Afterword'' because I actually noticed the change and the snowballing importance of the internet. The older I got the more the internet was around me. One could have not not realized the changes.
Trippi...I admire him...he did so much for Dean. He pretty much lived for the campaign. The unfortunate thing is that the entire internet and blogging thing started to develop when Trippi was involved in the Dean campaign. If Trippi had had more possibilities in terms of new media tools he and especially Dean could have made it further. Right, there were things like DeanTV, a pre-youtube format, and it in fact did reach a, for 2004, broad audience due to Trippi's brilliancy. But there were still not that many internet users which Trippi would have needed.
I am of the opinion that if Trippi had decided to run the 2008 elections he would have succeeded. The mix of his genius and the large number of new media tools would have enabled him to really hit it big!
Sebastian
well, honestly I was not very surprised when I read Trippi's ''Afterword'' because I actually noticed the change and the snowballing importance of the internet. The older I got the more the internet was around me. One could have not not realized the changes.
Trippi...I admire him...he did so much for Dean. He pretty much lived for the campaign. The unfortunate thing is that the entire internet and blogging thing started to develop when Trippi was involved in the Dean campaign. If Trippi had had more possibilities in terms of new media tools he and especially Dean could have made it further. Right, there were things like DeanTV, a pre-youtube format, and it in fact did reach a, for 2004, broad audience due to Trippi's brilliancy. But there were still not that many internet users which Trippi would have needed.
I am of the opinion that if Trippi had decided to run the 2008 elections he would have succeeded. The mix of his genius and the large number of new media tools would have enabled him to really hit it big!
Sebastian
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