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This looks funny! Maybe after it's been out a little longer we'll hear some opinions. I would like to know how people like it. I never did see Borat. Is that a good one? I'm sure the sphincter police will be after him for Bruno, just like they were with Borat.
I'm sure the sphincter police will be after him for Bruno, just like they were with Borat.
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A *lot* of people were after Sacha Baron Cohen after Borat, but nobody got anything.
When I heard he was making Bruno, I was a bit skeptical, but every time I see the trailer I die laughing.
I hope that the homosexual community, and Americans in general, will be able to laugh, too, but Cohen's cringe-worthy style can be hard to take for some.
You actually find Jack Tripper from Austria funny? There is absolutely nothing amusing about the character or premise. How many hundreds of times has this been done? I don't have any philosophical or political problems with it. It's not offensive, except that it is painfully unfunny.
Yes, I'm stoked on Bruno. I saw Borat after I'd already heard so much about it, so in the end I was a tad disappointed with it (the initial shock of seeing the scenes is a large part of how his style works), so I'm going opening weekend for this before it gets spoiled.
Sure, this kind of comedy has been done (sort-of), but it's how involved Cohen is that hasn't. He seriously does not come out of character. He's introduced as Bruno, not Sacha Baron Cohen - the man playing Bruno. His characters are complete personas, and that's part of makes his style so unique. Everything is completely character based, not situational like most comedies, and that's unique as well. So, yes, he is playing a quirky gay guy which has been done, but nobody does is like Sacha Baron Cohen. And no one stirs controversy like he does, which is something a documentary does - not comedy. So he's blending two genres of cinema, and he does it well, and it's all due to his characters. Right now, Cohen is the king of mockumentary, and it'll be hard to de-throne him.
I saw him on late night a couple of nights ago, wearing a suit, looking normal with a british accent. Sort of a shock. I think the most amazing thing is that the situations are real, not rehersed. He had security at the cage fight thing that totally failed and he thought he was going to be killed. Real terrorist too, none of who are "in on the joke" before hand. Dangerous actually.
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