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Old 10-25-2020, 10:13 AM   #370
Cecil Terwilliger
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Originally Posted by Matata View Post
Borat is an anomaly in SBCs career, its solid gold but every other one of his projects is either inconsistent and cringey (Bruno, Who is America?) or absolute trash (Ali G). Without Borat SBC wouldn't have gotten popular outside of UK.
Well yeah, the fact Borat got a major movie is a good indication of why that character got popular. Before that he wasn’t that popular outside of the UK.

It’s also the reason he doesn’t do much Ali G anymore. The character was heavy on stupidity but didn’t do a lot for bringing out the opinions of his guests. It was mostly about intentional cringe.

Bruno was a failure of a movie but was probably the best character on the Ali G show.

Also, you use cringey like a pejorative term but it’s exactly what made all of his characters popular. If you don’t like cringe comedy, of course you won’t like SBC. It’s literally his MO.
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