And dude danced around in Jewface in a synagogue while feigning terror at a German holocaust victim. Would that sweet old lady have gotten 100k if she hadn’t already died of comedy-induced old age? Somehow I doubt it.
The old woman wasn’t out of work and needing money, presumably.
Now, Baron Cohen has added to the fundraising momentum. At Jones’s request, the $100,000 from Baron Cohen will not go to Jones but will be spread out to her Oklahoma City community on her behalf by the local Ebenezer Baptist Church. The funds have been earmarked for shelter, food and any other needs the community has.
The GoFundMe for Jones herself has reached more than $132,000 in donations.
Pastor Derrick Scobey said none of the Baron Cohen money will be going to the church itself.
“I was blown away but not surprised because I was told about what type of heart this man has,” Scobey told People of Cohen’s donation. “Maybe it’s a little risqué, some of the things in the movie, but he has a good heart.”
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Done and Dusted. We all good here?
This your way of telling me I was ponied???
Who cares about the money, Sasha should at least give her a call or something.
She probably does. The GoFundMe bio says that she’s unemployed because coronavirus, so $140k will help out a lot.
Agree here.
I mentioned this in the Movies thread, but was told here might be better.
The Jew/Holocaust scene was filmed at my synagogue. I asked my rabbi via Facebook how it was kept such a secret (he retired this summer, but the scene looked like it was pre-COVID, so he would have still been the rabbi) and he said he had no idea it happened until he himself watched the movie.
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WATCH PARTY | SATURDAY NIGHT (LIVE) 11:30 PM EST
https://twitter.com/NeimerDreamer/status/1325130537141301250
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I hope the monologue will be funnier than the promo.
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I bet he says he is gonna give Biden a chance
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LOL I hope so. He’s self-aware enough.
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I meant to mention this before but the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction was also tonight, it started at 8 and is going on now
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I’ve never done one of the movie watches but I intend on watching SNL tonight with y’all (laugh at me all you want, but FF are my favorite band ever so I’d be watching anyway other than the fact that today was so important) so do we just post in here, or is there something else I need to do?
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Just post in here. We’ll all be watching at the same time on our personal viewing devices.
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We doing live SNL watching?
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Yup
Daveed
So SNL just has to wait for this game to end?