Last Saturday, a young friend of mine invited me to go to the new Sacha Baron Cohen movie, Bruno. I was not excited about this particular choice since I saw Borat a few years ago and thought that for the most part, it was a waste of film. However, I wanted to spend some time with my friend and decided to join her. . . . Long story short, I had to suffer through the most disgusting, disrespectful, awful movie I have ever seen!
Please, don't go to see this movie!
The film has no redeeming qualities, and in my opinion, is an insult to the LGBT Community. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) president Jarrett Barrios agrees, stating the film "reinforces negative stereotypes and decreases the public's comfort with gay people." ("GLAAD: Bruno Reinforces Negative Gay Stereotypes") If you are homosexual, or have a homosexual loved one, you will undoubtedly be outraged at the impudence with which the LGBT Community is portrayed.
For its part, "Universal Pictures maintains that Bruno is a satire that 'uses provocative comedy to powerfully shed light on the absurdity of many kinds of intolerance and ignorance, including homophobia.'" I believe that this statement is utterly and completely disingenuous. In fact, if Bruno does anything, it will set back the understanding and acceptance of homosexuals many years.
For example, the scene where "Bruno is in a hot tub with his adopted infant son and two naked men involved in a sex act" is sure to insight intolerance (and possibly even aggression) against homosexual parents. Once again, Barrios feels the same, saying that this scene "[doesn't] help America understand the hundreds of thousands of gay families who get up every day, do the carpool then rush home to make dinner and be with their children."
It is my hope that the American public will vote with their dollars and make it a point not to see this repulsive, appalling excuse for a movie.
Anna Sherise
Co-Creator of Magna Sententia
Co-Author of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
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