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Before watching the first episode ofWho Is America?,I had similar concerns.
The show was meant to shove back against societal norms and gauge what it took to break them.
To a more complicated extent, thats true in the second sketch, too.
(Theres both aFree Willyand aShape of Waterjoke in all this somewhere.)
In its way,Da Ali G Showalso reinforced norms, even during Baron Cohens interviews with opinionated politicians.
WhenAli G once asked Newt Gingrichwhether a woman might ever be president, Gingrich said yes without hesitation.
He sounded incredibly rational, far more rational thanhe does these days.
He said what most Americans would agree is right.
We have rules, Buchanan said, whereby we can throw out the president.
In the segment, Morad advocates for a program called Kinderguardians, which teaches preschoolers how to use guns.
(The NRA wants to arm the teachers, Morad says.
They should arm the children.)
Then Morad lobbies government officials on Capitol Hill to support the program.
In less than a month, Walsh says with enormous conviction, a first-grader can become a first grenader.
They not only cross it, but do so at high velocity with smiles on their faces.
Walsh is among those who have already publicly complained about being deceived by Baron Cohen.
Nothing strips an idea or a person of their power faster than exposing their absurdity.
It exposes them for walking around naked with no sense of shame whatsoever.
