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Especially in the latter half of the season, that second quality tended to work to the shows detriment.

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What did we learn about America from this exercise?

I knew there were gun nuts in this country.

Did I think gun-rights advocates and Republicans would go on camera andadvocate for the arming of kindergarteners?

But not every segment was as biting and inspiring.

Especially in the second half of the season,Who Is America?became repetitive and stale.

(He was already on his way out, having lost in the primaries earlier this year.)

so they wouldnt forget the name of Allison Williamss character.

Jokes that involve gay sex have long been part of Baron Cohens repertoire.

Baron Cohens big get in the finale was O.J.

After a while, Simpson simply shouts, Stop!

to make Monaldo/Baron Cohen cease with the innuendos.

What starts out as a wow segment fizzles pretty quickly because Simpson doesnt voluntarily embarrass himself too much.

But what was the point, beyond getting us to see how extremely true that is?