"Who Is America?" Episode #1.3 (TV Episode 2018) Poster

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9/10
gives more time to parody both the left and the right
framptonhollis30 July 2018
While not as wildly compelling as the previous two episodes, the latest installment in Sacha Baron Cohen's amazing 'Who is America?' series is likely to be unfortunately overlooked despite being filled with plenty of outrageous and hilarious content. The previous two episodes were a bit darker and more damning, so this one's a little bit more light and potentially easier to watch in a way. It didn't fill me with the hilarious hopelessness that the previous two did, which works both for and against itself. In the previous two episodes, Cohen also seemed to mainly be mocking the right with a few bursts of satire aiming at the left, but this episode splits it more equally and also spends its time with my two favourite characters to be introduced on the show thus far, the hilarious archetypical far left, "social justice warrior" college professor and the heavily accented Israeli "anti-terrorist expert". The Roy Moore segment does have a great punchline and a few funny lines throughout, but it is generally less insane and shocking than one would hope. The second segment is likely my favourite in this episode in which Sacha's far left prof. persona sits down a conservative politician with some local gangster rapper and makes a total fool of himself under the guise of trying to "heal the divide", and that scene is filled to the brim with all sorts of humour that derives from both Cohen's hilarious lines and the reactions he gets out of the other two in question. The third segment will likely stir up the most controversy, and hilariously degrades three men passionately against immigrants in a very ridiculous, ribald way that is entertaining and just so absurd it's borderline unbelievable (although, as the first two episodes have well displayed, no insanity in this country can necessarily be referred to as totally "unbelievable"). The fourth segment is the lightest and most fun and just further parodies extremely far leftist beliefs and is just generally very funny and a weirdly warmhearted closer. Definitely not as eye opening as other episodes have been, but it is consistently hilarious and has a generally successful satirical edge.
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9/10
The inverse is True
jericw1630 July 2018
Another great episode that is sure to upset !! Looking at the first person who posted a review, care to elaborate what should've been taken out?
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7/10
Episode 3
bobcobb30131 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Another funny episode of the show here. How Sacha got those men to dress up and try to lure people (provided it was real) is beyond me at this point.

The show needs to keep the balance of politicians and real people getting duped going and it will eventually find a consistent audience.
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Perhaps more menace awaits in the following episodes.
aarosedi5 August 2018
Some sectors might consider this one a just-deserts installment that comes as a much-needed breather after the provocative pilot episode that explored incendiary issues and the controversial second one that have caused a political fallout. Despite that, don't miss this one to witness the contrast between the two SBC characters, Capt. Morrad and Dr. Long-name-character, in conducting their tasks. That, in itself, is an obvious and inconspicuous commentary that definitely cuts across borders. Not at all shabby.
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6/10
Not quite
emmaslenters30 July 2018
While the episode is funny, it doesnt stand out nearly as much as the previous two episodes did. or rather it doesn't feel as 'extreme'. i agree with the first reviewer that this episode could be mostly cut. Looking forward to the next episode though
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5/10
Had a couple of funny moments but not as good as the first two eps
johnacra30 July 2018
A lot of the footage in this episode really could have been abandoned or edited away.
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