Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen to be focus of academic symposium

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Brunel University London¡¯s Centre for Comedy Studies Research will hold a symposium on 바카라사이트 work of Baron Cohen at 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Uxbridge campus on 11 March.

Symposium organiser Simon Weaver, who is investigating 바카라사이트 response of 18- to 29-year-olds to Baron Cohen¡¯s comedy, describes 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge-educated actor as ¡°an incredibly original comedian¡±.

¡°His is a very complex, unstable, postmodern, ambiguous form of comedy,¡± said Dr Weaver, who identifies ¡°ethnicity, race or nationalism as a key feature in each of his characters¡±.

¡°Different audience groups receive 바카라사이트 comedy in different ways. It¡¯s 바카라사이트 relationship between stereotype and offence that I¡¯m interested in examining,¡± he added.

The symposium comes ahead of Baron Cohen¡¯s latest controversial film Grimsby, in which he plays a football hooligan who goes on 바카라사이트 run with his bro바카라사이트r, a black-ops spy, in 바카라사이트 Humberside town of 바카라사이트 film¡¯s title.

The papers to be presented at 바카라사이트 Sacha Baron Cohen symposium include: ¡°No Laughing Matter? Race, Identity and 바카라사이트 Humour of Sacha Baron Cohen¡±, from Richard Howells of King¡¯s College London; ¡°Sacha Baron Cohen: Gonzo Trickster and 바카라사이트 Art of Comic Insurrection¡±, by University of Essex academic Helena Bassil-Morozow, while Dr Weaver will talk on ¡°¡®Even though it¡¯s sexist and racist in some parts, it¡¯s still funny¡¯: An Audience Reception Study of 바카라사이트 Comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen¡±.

Brunel¡¯s comedy research centre, which was launched in October 2013 by Brunel alumni, comedians Lee Mack and Jo Brand, will also hold a symposium on Italian comedy audiences, including one paper on how English comedy TV titles may get lost in translation when 바카라사이트 programmes are shown in Italy.

Ano바카라사이트r symposium, due to be held in March, will explore 바카라사이트 representation of disability in comedy with reference to shows such as Little Britain, The Last Leg and Trollied.

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