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Old 07-30-18, 12:52 PM
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^That was fantastic!

Wish I had Showtime.
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Originally Posted by Spiderbite
^That was fantastic!

Wish I had Showtime.
I signed up for the thirty day trial for Showtime's streaming service then downloaded the app on my XBox One. I had to see what all the fuss was about this show. So far, expecations met.
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Originally Posted by Spiderbite
^That was fantastic!

Wish I had Showtime.
You ain't missing much, that was the only good part of the whole episode.

I'm beginning to think that many of the people who appear on this show are actors or they're hip to who Cohen is and are just playing along to be on TV.
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Originally Posted by bralph
It is inconceivable to me that anyone could be that gullible, "paralyzing fear" or not. The "self-defense" moves Cohen had him doing were utterly ridiculous. He would have been better off saying that he realized partway through that it was all a setup and he decided to just go along with it.
I almost felt sorry for him. I mean, he must be seriously stupid, mental defects or something, to be yelling the N-word and running at people bare-assed.

But then I read up on who he is, and how he was sending subtle, racist threats to former Democratic State Representative LaDawn Jones.
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Is there a link to the photos of that dirty bunny sex book?
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I thought the first couple episodes of this were pretty brilliant, but the past two were pretty lackluster (the Joe Arpaio bit in particular felt like there was such a long build up edited out to get the one-liner payoff). Still interested in seeing the rest of the series for sure, but definitely going to wait and check it out when I want to binge something else as well on Showtime.
Old 08-11-18, 08:40 AM
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I think this is getting old already. If I’m going to watch this kind of infotainment political satire, I like something less antagonizing. There is so much real stuff to talk about. But that’s just me. I know people love this stuff.
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I have to agree. Started out strong, but just seem annoying now. The latest episode was just completely unfunny.
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Originally Posted by Gunde
I have to agree. Started out strong, but just seem annoying now. The latest episode was just completely unfunny.
First two episodes each had one AMAZING segment, but after that each show seemed to get weaker and weaker.

Last night's episode was flat out terrible, in that each "skit" seemed to be a repeat of something they've already done, only a weaker less funny version (guy does something humiliating under the guise of it being a self-defence method, political figure appears on un-boxing show and made to say a double-entendre, rich idiot green-screened into humanitarian photograph... come on).
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I got so bored watching it last night that I didn’t even watch the second half of the episode.
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The Kingman meeting. Wow.

We’re lucky to have black people here.

Yes you are.

Nathan Fielder is one of the writers.
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We Americans want to believe we're certifiable geniuses and we've been telling the world that for a long time.
This show is all about the fact there are a LOT of stupid people in America.
For some reason, most don't want to believe that...
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Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a $95 million lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime on Wednesday, alleging that he was duped into appearing on “Who Is America?”

Moore alleges that he was lured to Washington, D.C., on the pretense of accepting an award for his support for Israel. Instead, he found himself being interviewed by “Col. Erran Morad,” a Cohen character. During the taping, Cohen waved a “pedophile detector” at Moore, which beeped, at which point Moore ended the interview.

“This false and fraudulent portrayal and mocking of Judge Moore as a sex offender, on national and international television, which was widely broadcast in this district on national television and worldwide, has severely harmed Judge Moore’s reputation and caused him, Mrs. Moore, and his entire family severe emotional distress, as well as caused and will cause Plaintiffs financial damage,” the lawsuit states.

As is generally the case with Cohen’s victims, Moore signed a release before the taping took place. The suit alleges that the release was obtained on fraudulent grounds.

Moore is suing Showtime, CBS, and Cohen for fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and defamation. He is represented by Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch.
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/ro...ca-1202928011/
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"has severely harmed Judge Moore’s reputation"
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