Sacha Baron Cohen in BRÜNO: Photos
Directed by Larry Charles, and written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, and Jeff Schaffer, Brüno stars Cohen (above, with Gayby) as a gay Austrian fashionista who comes to the US to become "the most famous Austrian since Hitler" while at the same time trying to pass for a hetero dude like "Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Kevin Spacey."
"Beneath the idiocy," writes Steve Rose in The Guardian, "Baron Cohen is also a politically astute agent who’s devised an ingenious way to confront and expose serious social issues – and indulge his own exhibitionism.
"Brüno is funniest, though, when it’s at its most politically incorrect, especially when it comes to homosexuality. There’s an [...]
by Andre Soares | July 4, 2009
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Tags: Brüno, Gay Interest, Larry Charles, Photos, Sacha Baron Cohen
BRÜNO and the Gays Controversy
Brook Barnes in the New York Times:
"So it goes for Brüno, a movie that, in mercilessly exploiting the discomfort created when straight men are ambushed by aggressive gayness, happens to (surprise!) expose homophobia. Gay groups are reacting with deeply mixed emotions, heightened by the recent triumphs (Iowa) and losses (California) in efforts to legalize gay marriage. Is the film then vulgar, inappropriate and harmful? Or bold, timely and necessary? All of the above?
"Ultimately the tension surrounding Brüno boils down to the worry that certain viewers won’t understand that the joke is on them and will leave the multiplex with their homophobia validated."
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Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood:
"There’s now a YouTube video … making the rounds which features notables like Peter Paige [...]
by Anna Robinson | June 18, 2009
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Tags: Brook Barnes, Brüno, Gay Interest, Larry Charles, Nikki Finke, Sacha Baron Cohen
