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random rambling response to inner request for written report of recent thoughts i guess, unless i get medical and substitute for 'thoughts', random reactions of radical receptors...though that's hardly medical it maintains my rhetoric of r-letter originating letters. that is a fun thought experiment of sorts. i mean if we're not writing artistically or at least creatively then what's the point. i've found this out on numerous occasions, where written recordings read rather drab and makes one want to retire his pen.

the reason for my writing: i recently (within the last few weeks) visually consumed all the episodes of sacha baron cohen's hbo comedy half-hour 'da ali g show', to my personal enjoyment. granted he plays the fool, the buffoon, the idiot, the child, but it's this simplistic approach to adults and so called experts that makes the show what it is. that established, i watched borat 2 1/2 summers ago and found it obscure but entertaining; it's rare nowadays to find someone who pushes the lines that blatantly and gets away with it. i did not however find much sympathy with people who tried to quote the character without knowing anything about the show, and often ignored good-natured attempts at a 'high five'. it's difficult to distinguish between being an ass and maintaining some standard of what's funny and what's not allowable.

either way, i just now watched 'bruno' and 'ali g in da house' and my conclusion is that the triptych of these three characters is something that's never been done before by any actor. he created them, made them ridiculous (though very similar in their child-like characteristics) and then made them movies. now he can retire them and move to three other characters, or whatever he wants to do. it did feel like if he'd left the characters as crazy as they were in the show, the movies would have been better. in 'da ali g' show each one was an odd ball but not through the roof like the movies were. it was pushed to an unbelievable limit in the films, and would have been so much better if left as they appeared in the show.

sorry denmark-usa just came on and a bowl of spaghetti w/ buttered bread and i'd rather indulge the direct gratification senses than think. i am an american, leave me be. ha. peace