Sacha Baron Cohen wont be making fun of Avatar at the Oscars
Apparently, an Avatar sketch planned by Baron Cohen and Ben Stiller was nixed by show producer Bill Mechanic. A source close to Vulture says that:
"Baron Cohen planned to appear onstage as a blue-skinned, female Na'vi, with Stiller translating her" interplanetary speech. As the skit went on, though, it would become clear that Stiller wasn't translating properly, because Cohen would grow ever more upset. At its climax, an infuriated Baron Cohen would pull open "her" evening gown to reveal that s/he was pregnant, knocked up with Cameron's love child, and would go on to confront her baby daddy as if s/he were on Jerry Springer."
Mechanic was head of Twentieth Century Fox when Cameron's Titanic was made there. Academy spokesperson Toni Thompson would only say that Baron Cohen was no longer presenting.
Matt Labov, the spokesperson for Baron Cohen, says:
"I hate to use the term, because it's so ubiquitous, but there were 'creative differences.' Nothing acrimonious, but both sides felt that since they couldn't agree, [Cohen] might as well remain in London."
The Academy Awards episode 82.1, "The 82nd Annual Academy Awards"
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Josh
Somewhere in this article (on a different site) they quotes the guy saying something to the effect of "Cameron doesn't do self-deprecation very well". I thought, "really? Did you SEE Laser Cats?"
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Brian
Ha!!! Josh just made me laugh.
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Rudy
Yeah Cohen should do it anyway.
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the Narrator
Haha. the Illuminati is after you Anjow. RUN!
Jk, I am with you. Cameron needs to get over his enormous ego (even before Titanic and T2 etc.) and have a laugh. I hope Sasha and Ben jump on that stage and do it anyway.
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Josh
Tomorrow's headline: The mysterious death of MovieWeb user "Anjow1060". Lol.
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Anjow1060
Cohen rules. Cameron sucks.
I hope he storms the stage and does it anyway.
- Jow
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Josh
Cameron has had a lot of drama with women in his life, so it's possible something like this would upset him. But yeah, not really offensive.
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Err
yeah, im with kayti on this, that does sound like an annoying bit.
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miss_kayti
How can that be considered offensive? Annoying probably, but not offensive.
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