Bruno
Is it playing up to stereotypes to put Bruno’s failure at the Australian box office down to the same more-than-lingering homophobia that doomed it in the US?
The numbers would suggest so, with ticket sales in both countries following the depressing downward curve set aside for movies that cop a flat ‘don’t see it’ around the watercooler.
The mockumentary opened here July 9 and is largely concerned with putting its title character, a flamboyantly gay Austrian TV presenter, in play opposite unsuspecting rednecks in order to get audiences laughing and/or squirming at flamboyantly gay behaviour.
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Gifted comic Sacha Baron Cohen has shown misplaced restraint by snipping an inoffensive Michael Jackson joke from his upcoming moneymaker Bruno.
[Bruno in the early days. Clip contains strong language]
So what do we deduce from this? A public figure’s ripe for a skewering as long as they’re alive, but become off-limits on death?
When can we start forwarding those corny text message jokes about Jacko’s plastic surgery and questionable private life? How soon is too soon?
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Satish Goomba says:
Cohen is milking his alter egos to their detriment. When the likes of Borat and Bruno were only seen on Ali G and around the net, it was unbeliveably funny. I remember watching a Bruno skit a few years ago and found myself with stomach pains from the laughter. Read more »
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pamela says:
I think were getting a tad bit bit precious here , i’ve been a fan of this character on you- tube before the Bruno movie and find it hilarious. Mr Cohen demonstrates people’s ignorance and the fashion industry has a lot of pretentious people in it thus the mockery with… Read more »
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