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Why "Brüno" is bad for the gays

Sacha Baron Cohen's character could have been a bold stab at homophobia. Instead it's a mincing minstrel show
By David Rakoff

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  • Wednesday, July 8, 2009 06:13 PM

    too bad

    assuming this is a correct synopsis of the film. one thing i liked about Borat's segments on the Ali G show on HBO was that it wasn't all that heavily dependent on reactions to his Ubergayness, but rather more about puncturing the vapidity of the fashion biz. For instance the segment where Bruno gets a couple of fashion expert types to agree with him that fashion has saved more lives than medicine ever did. Or later when he gets them to agree with some premise (which I forget) then deftly gets them to agree enthusiastically with the exact and precisely diametric opposite five minutes later.

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