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You’ll have a feel for what you’re getting at “The Dictator” as soon as the curtain rises on a beaming photo of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in whose “loving memory,” we are told, the film was produced. 

A poster advertises Sacha Baron Cohen’s satirical film “The Dictator” in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. (Courtesy of Rob Cameron).

Little about Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy is subtle, and its frequently slapstick brand of humor represents a shift for Baron Cohen, whose prior films capitalized on an awkward and aggressive tension with their audiences…[read more]