https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/11/16/sacha-wacha/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:11:20 -0400<![CDATA[My positive review of Sacha Cohen&#8217;s Borat on Pajamas generated quite a discussion. A number of folks, many of whom evidently had not seen the movie, were angry with Cohen (and by extension me for praising him) for exploiting innocents from Romania to Texas. I see their point to some very minor extent. It&#8217;s nice to be nice, I suppose. Only art isn&#8217;t nice, particularly comic art. Aristophanes wasn&#8217;t nice. Rabelais wasn&#8217;t nice. And even Groucho wasn&#8217;t nice to poor Margaret. He was brutal, in fact.]]>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:29:20 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/11/16/sacha-wacha-n213262