He manages to do so, which ends up with Aladeen completely penniless and unknown to those on Manhattan’s streets. Turns out that Tahir, Aladeen’s brother, is the rightful heir to the throne and is plotting to overthrow him. Editorial Credit: IMDBĪ plot twist comes in the form of the General’s brother, played by Ben Kingsley, that has a treacherous plan in mind. Perhaps what makes this so funny in parts is that a lot of us might agree with some of those customs that we often just accept as being the norm but might seem odd to those who don’t have that same experience elsewhere. Sacha Baron-Cohen has taken the same concoction that he used in Borat by having a character from a completely different culture and exposing that character to those Western customs and culture that we’re all so used to experiencing. This allows for endless jokes and hilarious attacks on Western culture, some of which are very accurate. The character Baron Cohen plays in this film is similar to that of Borat in that General Aladeen seems to find aspects of the Western culture bizarre and hard to comprehend.

With an invasion threat coming from the US, the dictator heads over to New York to speak to the UN directly. The Americans have taken out one of Bin Laden’s doubles, are none the wiser. This is combined with the stress of him having to keep Osama Bin Laden locked in one of the rooms in his palace. A dictator of the North African nation of Wadiya, who is irritated often by the power of the Western world’s infatuation over the Arab spring. It’s a political satire in nature and follows Aladeen, played by Baron Cohen, who visits New York to address the UN for international favor. The character is as offensive as they come, in the form of a genocidal dictator. However, it’s those types of jokes that tend to be remembered more. The Dictator is one that’s full of jokes, some of which land perfectly, while others don’t seem to land anywhere. His previous movies like Bora t and Bruno are those that have most viewers cringing or making some sort of noise that expresses their feelings of awkwardness towards particular scenes. Movies that feature controversial star Sacha Baron Cohen are not for the faint-hearted, and that’s certainly the case when it comes to The Dictator. 1.2.1 How much do you know about Chevy Chase, The Funniest Man In America?.1.1 The Dictator Falls In Love With A Vegetarian?.

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