As the release of Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Bruno nears, gay rights groups are becoming concerned about the effects the film will have on the gay community.
“Some people in our community may like this movie, but many are not going to be OK with it. Sacha Baron Cohen’s well-meaning attempt at satire is problematic in many places and outright offensive in others,” said Rashad Robinson, senior director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
The film is intended to shock!!!
In one scene, Bruno appears on a talk show holding a baby who is wearing a T-shirt reading “Gayby” and cuts to Bruno having sex in a hot tub while the baby sits nearby.
Then, he brags to the horrified studio audience that the baby is a man magnet while the unknowing viewers shout phrases like, “You’re going to burn in hell for that one!”
These instances are so obsurd!
How can they not get it?!
It is said that Cohen’s favorite scene involves the comic strutting around ultra-orthodox streets of Jerusalem in short-shorts and Hasidic black hat.
LOL!!!!!
“We strongly feel that Sacha Baron Cohen and Universal Pictures have a responsibility to remind the viewing public right there in the theater that this is intended to expose homophobia,” said Brad Luna of Human Rights Campain.
It’s true, but we hate to think viewers would be so stupid as to not see that!!!
We can’t wait for Bruno!!!
[Image via WENN.]
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