Margaret compiles some early reviews of Brüno.
[Y]ou haven't lived till you see Bono, Elton, Sting, Snoop Dogg and Chris Martin sing Brüno's "We Are the World" anthem. The lyrics urging North and South Korea to stop fighting since they both look Chinese haunt me still…Wow. What, exactly, does that high-larious bit of racism have to do with the ostensible premise of exposing homophobia? Oh, who cares?! It's just so goddamned funny. *clunk*
Brüno mincingly walks a fine line in exposing homophobic behavior and perpetuating wince-inducing gay stereotypes.Yeah, if you describe the fine line between condemning bigotry and perpetuating stereotypes as being walked "mincingly," without a trace of irony, I'm going to guess the line isn't actually all that fucking fine and you're a total dipshit.
And my favorite:
When it comes to making viewers laugh, however, Brüno hits a home run—provided the viewer is not easily offended.Right. Because only the chronically hysteric and congenitally oversensitive could possibly object to a film for which even the marketing is rife with homophobia, misogyny, racism, and sexual assault jokes. It couldn't possibly be that the people who find that shit "home-run hilarious" just aren't sensitive enough.
[Previously on Brüno: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven.]
The Reviews Are In
Margaret compiles some early reviews of Brüno.
And my favorite:
[Previously on Brüno: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven.]
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[Y]ou haven't lived till you see Bono, Elton, Sting, Snoop Dogg and Chris Martin sing Brüno's "We Are the World" anthem. The lyrics urging North and South Korea to stop fighting since they both look Chinese haunt me still…Wow. What, exactly, does that high-larious bit of racism have to do with the ostensible premise of exposing homophobia? Oh, who cares?! It's just so goddamned funny. *clunk*
Brüno mincingly walks a fine line in exposing homophobic behavior and perpetuating wince-inducing gay stereotypes.Yeah, if you describe the fine line between condemning bigotry and perpetuating stereotypes as being walked "mincingly," without a trace of irony, I'm going to guess the line isn't actually all that fucking fine and you're a total dipshit.
And my favorite:
When it comes to making viewers laugh, however, Brüno hits a home run—provided the viewer is not easily offended.Right. Because only the chronically hysteric and congenitally oversensitive could possibly object to a film for which even the marketing is rife with homophobia, misogyny, racism, and sexual assault jokes. It couldn't possibly be that the people who find that shit "home-run hilarious" just aren't sensitive enough.
[Previously on Brüno: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven.]
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