Sacha Baron Cohen’s film — and character — Brüno is such an extreme exercise that how a reviewer reacts is a pretty good indicator of that reviewer’s tightness of grip on his or her sense of decorum, writes W H Chong.
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Popularity contest: Bruno v Harry v Sonia
On Trendrr, a social- and digital-media tracking service, just about any mash-up of mismatched memes is possible, writes Simon Dumenco who looks at who won the week’s Twitter war.
Bruno unites Israelis and Palestinians in mutual disdain
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno has unwittingly united hardline Israelis and Palestinians by offending both groups equally.
How Sacha Baron Cohen stays out of court
How does comedian Sacha Baron Cohen get away with humiliating so many people on camera without having the mankini sued off him?
Hollywood’s latest obsession: the peen
Penises were once taboo in Hollywood, says Willa Paskin. But male nudity in films like Bruno, with its long, tight close up of Bruno’s package bopping up and down, is on the rise. Ahem.
The media’s Bruno coverage charade
Why has the media been so compliant in Sacha Baron Cohen’s promotion of his new film Bruno? asks Mediaite. Is interviewing a character still journalism, or just blatant publicity?
Why Brüno is bad
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno could have made great strides against homophobia — instead he is a mincing minstrel, writes David Rakoff — an “open hydrant of empty, venal ignorance, a fame-chasing, grandiose fucktard”.
Sacha Baron Cohen hits Letterman … as himself
Baron Cohen aka Borat aka Bruno usually appears on late-night television shows in character to promote movies. What a relief to see him, funny, entertaining and not in hot pants.
Guy Rundle: Bruno producers muzzle Chaser: ironic or funny? Neither?
The Chaser’s Julian Morrow accuses the producers of Bruno of lacking a sense of irony after they made the boys sign agreements not to disrupt the film’s premiere. Guy Rundle tells him a thing or two about irony.
The latest in quality journalism from the SMH
The SMH’s breathless review of the latest Sacha Baron Cohen movie is actually a review of a review done by The Sun in the UK — essentially a rehashed collection of quotations from the original.
