the whole point of "ali g's" humor is tricking famous people and annoying them with stupid questions, in turn making them say ridiculous things. the humor comes from the people he interviews actually believing he's the character hes playing (whether its ali g, borat, or bruno). borat is the most controversial, because he has gotten people to say and do pretty offensive things, like that one bit in the show where borat sings "throw the jew down the well, so my country can be free" and the audience sings along enthusiastically. (ironically, sacha baren cohen is devoutly jewish, and he was doing this as a joke, but the audience thought he was serious). there have been several lawsuits for this kinda *beep* even the leaders of kazakhstan were about to take legal action for portraying their people in a very negative (and inaccurate) way. anyway, the show and movie will appeal to some people, and seem stupid to others.
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