Ah, Bruno, one of the many awesome characters created by none other than Sacha Baron Cohen, the man behind Borat. Seeing as how everyone knows him now, and that the film stars a flamboyantly homosexual character, the Bruno project has been getting a lot of fire, and this time it comes from none other than the homosexuals themselves.
“Some people in our community may like this movie, but many are not going to be OK with it. Sacha Baron Cohen’s well-meaning attempt at satire is problematic in many places and outright offensive in others,” says Rashad Robinson, senior director for the GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).
This comes from The Drudge Report which also notes that Sir Elton John, who makes a cameo, apparently blushed and balked when Cohen requested him to play “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” for the already infamous cage fighting scene where Bruno and his opponent make out in front of a drunken redneck mob.
The film is due out later this summer.
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