Sacha Baron Cohen is a kosher Jew, so he pretty much had carte blanche to do all the Jew jokes he wanted in Borat. Unfortunately he’s not gay, so you can imagine what that means for the Brüno movie – a lot of whining by people who know nothing about comedy. A site called theWrap (via /Film) recently reported that Brüno was reshot in response to concerns from some of Hollywood’s gay community, notably School of Rock’s Mike White, who supposedly “found the Bruno character to be a depiction of fetishism rather than a comedic stereotype,” (whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean). Which in turn led to…
The filmmaker conducting “significant reshoots” to temper the troubled reaction of insiders from the Hollywood gay community, according to one person involved in the Bruno production who declined to be identified.
But take the reshoot part of this story with a grain of salt, as multiple sources have called BS on some of the things TheWrap have written recently, calling them “reckless and irresponsible.” It’s also weird they use an anonymous source and don’t even mention director Larry Charles by name. But as you can see in the above video, some “notable” gays are “concerned.” Which is another way to say “wanting to appear PC without taking the trouble to actually form an opinion.” Says Queer as Folk‘s Peter Page at the 1:29 mark:
“When you see a Brüno clip in a room full of gay men, everyone laughs and it’s fun. When you see a Brüno clip in a room full of straight men, everyone laughs and it’s a different thing. And you start to go, ‘Hmm, I don’t know how I feel about this.’”
Wow. Gosh. That is… damning. I’m seriously starting to rethink this whole thing. Everyone knows the first rule of comedy is to find the stupidest person in the room and gear all your comedy towards him. It’s like this one time I was listening to the Beatles, and I said to Charlie Manson, “isn’t this awesome?” And he was like, “Yeah, man! It’s about the coming of the race war!” And from then on I couldn’t listen to the Beatles because the Beatles are racist. And now Bruno. Gosh, I think I’ll just watch Leno until everyone’s the same.
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So if you’re gay, you’ll only enjoy this if you’re in the company of other gay people? Same thing for straight people? God help us if they intermingle, because then no one will know how to feel?
So many stupid questions, and yet too many stupid people desperate to answer them.
I call my brother a faggot, but that is ok because my brother is also gay.
So this “gay”….is it airborne like Swine Flu?
Is there a medicine I can take if I catch it?
Having gay friends gives you lots of comedy options. Most of my gay jokes end with “it’s ok my brother is gay!”
“When you see a Brüno clip in a room full of gay men, everyone laughs and it’s fun. When you see a Brüno clip in a room full of straight men, everyone laughs and it’s a different thing. And you start to go, ‘Hmm, I don’t know how I feel about this.’”
Anybody just get that banjo tune from ‘Deliverance’ in their head?
Where do people contrive this notion that they are divined immunity from being offended by some higher authority? Fuckin-A, I am lucky if I can go ten minutes in life without being offended on the most rudimentary psychological/intellectual level by the hoards of ignorant masses I am surrounded by, but I don’t lead the charge to proclaim, “STOP, DON’T SAY THAT! IT OFFENDS ME!”
Here’s a quick hit list of when you should feel compelled to speak up:
-Yell “Fire!” if there is a fire.
-Yell “Fire!” is you are being raped. (True story!)
-Yell “Help!” if someone is trying to kill you.
Otherwise:
-Shut the fuck up if you don’t like what is on tv. You are a spineless little worthless cunt douchebag that should have been aborted. Life on Earth is worse for having your crybaby PC douchiness in it’s existence. Save a shred of your decency and do the noble thing: Die in a fire while being raped and murdered.
The gays should just take a lesson from the Mormons. “When the world laughs at you. Bake them cookies.” This would solve world hunger.
Reshoot the gay parts?
Like, on their face?
Tell us how you really feel, Fek.
Michael Bay would have should semen from a fire hose if he directed bruno.
If the Hollywood gay community is at least as smart as the Hollywood Jew community or even the Hollywood community that loves horror-porn, then they’re probably doing this just to drum up controversy about the movie to make sure more people go see it.
I bet these gays want to marry legally now too.
Fags.
We prefer to be called “gore porn enthusiasts”, Donk. Or “sick motherfzckers”, whichever.
Tell us how you really feel, Fek.
The Mighty Feklahr would be pleased to, Al:
“The Mighty one would like to devise a way to replace His JOHNSON with a CHAINSAW so He could not only kill-fuck political correctness up the ass, but spray it’s feces-laden prostate blood on the wall in horrifying patterns.”
Thank you for asking. QAPLAH!
“Gore porn enthusiasts”?
Al or Tipper? Jesus, you Canadians are sick.
The filmmaker conducting “significant reshoots” to temper the troubled reaction of insiders from the Hollywood gay community, according to one person involved in the Bruno production who declined to be identified.
Wait, are the “insiders” tops or bottoms? I can’t keep all this lingo
straightcurrent.I see we have another gore porn enthusiast in the house. Good on ya, Mighty One!
How queer. There’s a Bruno interview where he toys with a stuck-up-his-own-asshole designer by getting him to contradict every response he gives to Bruno’s flattering analysis of a show. Bruno’s final question is “Do you think consistency is important?” Answer: “No.” This is almost in the same league.
*eyes roll forward from the back of His head, breathing returns to normal*
Huh?
It’s only gay if you cum.
“I’m very concerned,” said the hypocrite that plays both a retard and a child molester on Reno 911.
Yes, I just compared gays to retards and child molesters…so?
As long as you don’t compare them to gore porn enthusiasts.
Ok, so it’s not cool to be gay anymore?
*takes down profile at HomoThugDating.com*
Sacha should blow these guys off. Take these negative focus group asshole’s reviews, push their shit in some piles, and flame it. Then, reacharound this distraction and pull out the real meat of the issue, some dicks bitch out their holes cuz they just don’t like being made fun of.
You know why retards don’t bitch when something like I Am Sam, Forrest Gump, or Something About Mary comes out? Cuz retards have a sense of humor and can laugh at themselves.
Sacha Baron Cohen should know, you never go full faggot.
Patrick Warburton.
God,the reporter keeps finishing peoples thought every time they pause. I want to hate him, but that might make me homophobic.