Bruno Isht Been Offensive or Funny?

Bruno hit movie theaters yesterday and has already caused a frenzy in the gay community. With some arguing the movie is funny, and others saying it re-enforces homophobic fears.

[Daniel P from Long Island]

I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on doing so soon.

I saw "Borat" which is the first time I had seen Sacha Baron Cohen. I don't like gross movies and ths was by far the grosses I have ever seen.

But it was UNDENIABLY funny. Cohen is a genius.

I hope that "Bruno" (sorry, no umlaut easily available on this pc) is as funny as "Borat", but without the grossness.

PEACE !

:)

[Rose]

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on doing so soon.
I saw "Borat" which is the first time I had seen Sacha Baron Cohen. I don't like gross movies and ths was by far the grosses I have ever seen.
But it was UNDENIABLY funny. Cohen is a genius.
I hope that "Bruno" (sorry, no umlaut easily available on this pc) is as funny as "Borat", but without the grossness.
PEACE !
:)

Bruno is about as gross as you can get. I found it painfully funny in parts, and tedious in others.

[Daniel P from Long Island]

Rose wrote:

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Bruno is about as gross as you can get. I found it painfully funny in parts, and tedious in others.

Did you see "Borat" ?

[TomInElPaso]

Rose wrote:

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Bruno is about as gross as you can get. I found it painfully funny in parts, and tedious in others.

Well you'll also get to see some other funny parts in this new film. Seems there's more male frontage nudity than a Saturday night in the shrubs on Fire Island.

[writewingproxyco ntin]

It's worth noting that when Cohen satirized anti Semitism it wasn't by portraying a classic stereotype of a Jew. He portrayed an anti Semite.

We could reasonably ask why it didn't occur to him to satirize homophobia by portraying a redneck or talibangelical homophobe?

Having said that, I'm quite confident at least a quarter of "Bruno" is pretty funny, and when seen by blue state people - wherever they reside - that it will not appreciably reinforce negative gay stereotypes.

The reception and interpretation of the film by rednecks and talibangelicals is not hard to guess, either. It will be reinforcing of bigotry, not challenging of it.

[Rose]

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

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Did you see "Borat" ?

I did, but I have to admit I don't remember much of it.

[Rose]

writewingproxycontin wrote:

It's worth noting that when Cohen satirized anti Semitism it wasn't by portraying a classic stereotype of a Jew. He portrayed an anti Semite.
We could reasonably ask why it didn't occur to him to satirize homophobia by portraying a redneck or talibangelical homophobe?
Having said that, I'm quite confident at least a quarter of "Bruno" is pretty funny, and when seen by blue state people - wherever they reside - that it will not appreciably reinforce negative gay stereotypes.
The reception and interpretation of the film by rednecks and talibangelicals is not hard to guess, either. It will be reinforcing of bigotry, not challenging of it.

He does at one point in the film play a homophobe.(IIRC, the character's name was "Straight Dave")

The movie is very graphic. I'm surprised it was only rated R.