Da Ali G Show: Da Compleet Second Seazon

Reviewed by:
Paul Ulane

The man behind more uncomfortable televised silences than Magic Johnson is raiding your living room via DVD on Da Compleet Second Seazon. Round 2 finds comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's three personalities—wannabe gangsta Ali G, Austrian fashionista Brüno, and Kazakh national Borat—worming their respective ways into one-on-ones with everyone from Pat Buchanan to Spring-Breaking frat boys. The six episodes of phony interviews are worth taking home on their own and the extras, poetically dubbed "Unseen Shit," only sweeten the deal. Catch Borat facetiously Jew-bashing along with earnest Texan hunters, Brüno getting fashion tips for Jesus from a Hollywood stylist, and Ali G offering sound advice to our nation's future in a 15-minute Harvard commencement speech—which is just as funny for the parents' reactions as it is for the meandering monologue. Other extra material catches Ali G testing Andy Rooney's patience and figuring out where "the bitches slept" on a US Civil War ship. If only Katie Couric took reporting this seriously.

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