Peter Sellers Reincarnated

The NYT has an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen, the comic genius who plays Ali G, Borat, and Bruno. Money quotes:

HEFFERNAN And you asked someone, "Do you have slaves?"

BARON COHEN Exactly. We were in a private gentlemen's club in Jackson, Miss. And all the serving staff were black. There's this unsaid racism; there's still segregation there. I can't remember the actual line, but I asked if he had slaves, and he said, "Slavery's over now." And I go, "Yeah, that's right." He goes, "It's good." And I go, "Good for them!" He goes, "Yeah, good for them. Bad for us."

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HEFFERNAN Naomi Wolf did a rap at the end? Did she have rhythm?

BARON COHEN She was quite a good rapper. And there's some good raps this time. From Buchanan, and we've got quite a good one from Christine Todd Whitman: "Oh shorty, it's your Earth Day. We're going to party like it's your Earth Day." And you should check out Gore Vidal as well. He becomes quite Irish in his rap.