https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/ Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81802 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81802 In total agreement with MACBLOW, it's kind of sad how everyone thinks letting Cohen do this means "growing a pair" while nobody criticizes the overall racism of the character. Imagine if someone made a caricature of Netanyahu or Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, a former nightclub bouncer turned fascist politician, there would be an uproar and someone would get fired.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81803 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81803 Boy from prominent Jewish family gives us Borat, the dumb Muslim. Now, The Dictator, another dumb Muslim. Are we seeing the full picture, yet? At a time when our corporate-banking overlords are instructing their employees (government/mainstream news media) to whip up hysteria and hatred of all things brown, Syrian and Iranian, I think Mr Cohen should crawl back to the rock he emerged from.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81804 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81804 You know many presenters on the gala show just promote their upcoming roles potentially, without costumes.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81805 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81805 Hardly. The Academy Awards should not be the MTV Awards. Sure self promotion occurs to an extent with the stars' appearances, but, this idiot wants to turn the show into his own personal commercial. They should have stuck to their guns and shut the idiot out. No one would have missed him. One less viewer here..

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81806 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81806 Billy Bush

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-20120224/#comment-81807 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/the-academy-grows-a-pair-sacha-baron-cohen-will-show-up-at-the-oscars-as-the-dictator-112679/#comment-81807 "Grows a pair"? It rather seems that they reached an agreement on how much would they charge him for letting him promote his movie during their show.

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