Entry 34: "Borat to be Wild"

Yo!

It must be good to be Sacha Baron Cohen right now. Sure, Da Ali G Show is history, but isn't it interesting how much recognition and acclaim he's gotten for his character work running solo and in the movies now that he's done with HBO? I mean, the show ended back in 2004, the guy practically vanishes off the face of the earth for over two years, he makes an extremely politically, socially, psychologically and (insert fourth similar adverb here) insane movie which happens to be really, really, REALLY good, I hear, and now almost literally overnight, people can't seem to stop talking about him! I'll just chalk this up with the list of overrated pop culture "sensations," right behind the Saw trilogy and American Idol.... There we go.

Anyway, as you can probably tell, if you've already seen the Borat movie, I haven't seen the film yet. If I had, I'm sure I'd be spouting out praising comments on how brilliant Cohen is. Which I'm sure would be well-deserved. Nothing garners more positive acclaim from American moviegoers and film critics more than a British comedian posing as a Kazakhstani reporter, almost purposely getting himself involved in some of the most absurd situations imaginable. ......Briefly forgetting about Jackass 2, of course....... Which I haven't seen either--- ANYWAY, I'll just fast-forward this before I get lost in another rant.

Bottom Line: This Borat movie better be good. Especially considering all the recent promotion it's been getting. It opened in less than a thousand theaters nationwide, and it's actually doing better than Flushed Away and Santa Clause 3! It's also on track to officially gross more than the current champion of grossing the most moolah in its theatrical lifespan despite less than a thousand theaters covering opening weekend: Fahrenheit 9/11. It's got a MySpace page, for cryin' out loud!! Only the most talked about or biggest budgeted movies get their own "MySpaces"! ......Oh, and about several thousand airplane capacity's worth of people around the world, give or take a million or two. You can only see a commercial showing this guy's exposed rear in an extremely questionable sunbathing outfit so many times before stray thoughts of watching the Bravo channel for more masculine programs begin to infiltrate the mind, you know? I'm not doing the theatrical thing with this, because I've got way too hectic a work schedule to do that, at least this month. I guess I'll rent the DVD eventually. .......But not before Jackass 2. .......But that's just me.

I am to be seeing you at later.

-D.