I remember first seeing Tom Goes To The Mayor on adultswim and it being like a breath of fresh air. It felt like finally someone got how absurd it is to live in small town america.

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[–] Poogona@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Okay yeah I should establish that it is a problematic fav

I was much more interested in how it captured a deranged side of post 9/11 America that I was steeped in but saw no representation of.

Like people literally fled from him for approaching them while looking indistinctly foreign

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Same! Borat had a lot of problems with stereotypes, but it was also kind of ahead of its time at making fun of the racism of Americans towards literally everyone.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

honestly the funniest thing is sacha baron cohen turning out to not be a lefty or a righty but a stone LIB