Ms. Ed being a cinema critic

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Oh my.

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:12 PM
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I am having some visceral reactions to that new movie trailers "Bruno"

I just don't see how anyone can think it is funny.

Of course, all I have seen are the trailers and I just find them offensive.

Anyone know anything about this movie?

Is Bruno a pro-life movie, maybe?

Probably not, but I can't think of any other reason Ms. Ed would find it offensive.

Arkana (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:13 PM
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1. It's shock humor...like Borat.

I think Sacha Baron Cohen is going to get shot or beat the **** up one day--still, I thought Borat was hilarious and I'll probably see Bruno when it comes out on DVD.

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:15 PM
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2. that must be it

I've never seen Borat either.

YOY  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:28 PM
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7. See it. He insults everyone. EVERYONE.

And not in a "Perez Hilton" way. In a way that questions the truly ignorant and hateful.

No name calling...just playing the part of an ignoramus reporter from Kazakhstan dealing with other ignorami.

Oh.  So that's what Ms. Ed finds offensive in it.

tridim  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:18 PM
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4. He uses stereotypes to shock the public into questioning their own stereotypes.

Lots of people don't get it.

derby378  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:18 PM
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3. Think of it as being not unlike Andy Kaufman's work

Sacha Baron Cohen is a performance artist. A darn good comedian, too, but this is what he cut his teeth on back before anyone even heard of Ali G in the States.

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 02:19 PM
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5. See now that may be it

I never liked Andy Kaufman either.

Mojo_electro (74 posts)      Tue Jun-23-09 02:20 PM
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6. As far as Cohen....

...in all his forms. Ali G, Borat, Bruno. For me they sometimes make me cringe or are not that funny, but with many interspersed moments of hilarity. I actually enjoyed Borat because of quite a few funny lines throughout that really made me laugh.

"What up with it, Vanilla face?"

They are definitely one-time-use characters. Once one movie comes out, the jig is up and the character would be recognized and the joke would not work. He does a great job calling people out on their stereotypes, and Cohen himself is absolutely brilliant IMHO.

Bicoastal  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-23-09 02:36 PM
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8. I think the general idea is that SB Cohen's humor isn't directed at mocking gays...

...any more than Borat was aimed at lampooning foreigners.

I think he's supposed to be making fun of typical American attitudes TOWARDS gays and non-Westerners by embodying these stereotypical views and then some.

Of course, some people think it's just mean-spirited humor. I'm on the fence.

RaleighNCDUer  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-23-09 03:53 PM
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9. I'm not on the fence - I don't care for it because of the shotgun effect -

sure, he hits the target, but the spread hits a lot of others as well.

The vast majority of his victims are just ordinary people who are trying to be polite and nice to this crazy man.

Unless I'm missing the point and all these are REALLY fictional set-ups - not real-life, as they are presented to be. And if they are fictional, then what's the ****ing point?

franksolich is considering changing his screen-name to SandhillsNECCer.

[Rebel]

Is there anything that doesn't offend these fruits? If they'd spend half the time being "offended" and more time not giving a damn about trivial BS, they'd probably be conservatives.