I totally agree!! I hate it when I'm being really funny, and the people I'm with don't get what's funny! That often has a connection to stupidity though. And quotes too! I made an awesome quote the other day, and my friends didn't get that I was even quoting anything and looked weird at me. When I saw their stupid looks I was like DUH!! Finding Nemo!!
omg i so feel this all the time.
especially when i'm trying to explain something to somebody. because i'm all like 'trying to make this light-hearted and stuff' so i slip in these random, we're talking WINKY OBSCURE jokes, and the person is like...
.... wha?....
and then i have to go mumblemumblei'mtryingtoexplainthatijustputajoketherebutitwasjustsooutofyourunderstandingspheresocanwemoveonpleasemumblemumble
and then i get asked what i just said, and i say, "sorry, my sense of humor is sort of weird." which is NOT TRUE. i love my sense of humor. i just feel like everyone i come in contact with already knows the contents of my brain. so really, why do i need to explain this in clear, crisp words when i can say "well it's a lot like the movie 'his girl friday' you know with cary grant?" and of course no one knows that movie because it's old and black and white and then i try to explain the joke through trying to explain the movie and by the time i get back to the real subject i've awkwardly waddled through about five topics.
ugh.
why CAN'T people just be in my head? it would be SO MUCH EASIER to get along in real life.
BRUNO FOREVER!
Okay, I'm gonna rant now. Prepare yourself.
I only watched Borat recently, and that was because of Sacha Baron Cohen's extremely powerful performance as Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. Afterwards, I checked out all his other works. His sort of humor goes beyond the simple 'raunchy' that some people describe it as. It's actually a brilliantly crafted satire which successfully shows the ups and downs of our society.
Sacha Baron Cohen is an amazing actor who is currently my role model. He risks his life for his fans, and that goes so much farther than most of those in the acting industry today. Filming scenes for Bruno he broke his thumb, got life threats, and was in absolute danger of being mobbed. He's gotten arrested more than once, and yet still continues to put his fans and the art of acting above all else.
When necessary he never breaks character. Once, filming a Borat segment for 'Da Ali G Show', he got drunk with some people and passed out. Lo and behold, when he woke up, he remained in character. In Bruno, despite being in almost constant danger, he remains in character. He is truly one of the most talented actors out there today. Giving an animated character a complete persona with just your voice alone isn't an easy task, and yet King Julien from Madagascar was originally a two line character until Sacha was signed on to voice him. In the Sweeney Todd musical, Pirelli is a shallow character who can be missed in the blink of an eye. In the movie, Pirelli really becomes a main character of sorts. Not only is he an inspirational actor, he also has an amazing singing voice. A voice which can do just about any accent imaginable, no less.
The other day I had my relatives over and most of them watched Borat for the first time. They all loved nit and are now practically lining up to get Bruno when it comes out on the seventeenth. Seen in any role, he's almost unrecognizable as either his true self or a character. People tend to say he has low moral standards or some other hogwash simply because of the roles he plays. These people obviously don't understand the art of acting which at its central concept is becoming a character. Let yourself go completely and simply be the character. It doesn't matter any longer what your personal beliefs are, because you're no longer you. This is what Sacha does, he becomes a French race-car driver, an Itallian-wannabe barber, a singing lemur king, a journalist from Kazahkstan, a British gang member, or a flamboyant Austrian news reporter.
Of course, how does all this compare to the soft-spoken, proper mannered Englishman who rarely conducts an interview as himself?