Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno Nails Ben Affleck
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So it appears as if Sacha Baron Cohen is still causing quite the mess here in the United States as his alter-ego Brüno; getting kicked out of airports, showing up to an Easter play at a church in Kansas wearing chains, and the list goes on. First off, for those not familiar with Brüno, he's a gay Austrian fashion reporter who's wildly flamboyant in every way. The film, which marks Cohen's follow-up to Borat, will be called (deep breath) ... Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt. Needless to say, I cannot wait to hear my local news coughing up that title when it comes time for the weekend box office figures. But back to Ben Affleck. Seems Mike Walker from the National Enquirer called into Howard Stern last week saying that Affleck called friend Sarah Silverman following an interview with Brüno. Affleck was told Brüno was a "very famous openly gay fashion journalist," but that didn't stop Ben from admitting it was "the weirdest sit-down he has ever had with a reporter." Eventually, Silverman coughed up his name and only then did Ben realize he'd been had. Part of me doesn't believe this at all, because I can only imagine the hoops one would need to jump through in order to get an actual sit-down interview with Ben Affleck. Then again, perhaps Cohen's crew have perfected their little joke by now. Either way, I'm sure Affleck will be making an appearance in the film.
For more, as well as a brief video of Brüno's crew dancing in an airport, head over to Slashfilm.
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3-29-2008 @ 2:31PM
John said...
Mr. Eurotrash seems to delight in taking advantage of the law-abiding civilized behavior of everyday Americans. I guess that he knows that should he try any of his stunts in another country he would easily have his head chopped off.
Why doesn't he try desecrating a mosque instead of a church? I believe it's only a matter of time before he gets the well-deserved savage beating he deserves.
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3-29-2008 @ 3:18PM
AstronautDinosaurFiretruck said...
Wow, so you're kind of a dick, huh?
3-29-2008 @ 3:41PM
Michael said...
so its ok to desecrate a mosque, but not a church? i seriously hate you hypocritical Christians and your, we are the only religion attitude. as for "law abiding" this coming from a man who wishes assault or possibly manslaughter (both crimes "Mr. i abide by the law") upon someone, maybe you should re-think your statements before spewing your vile nonsense on the internet
3-29-2008 @ 10:22PM
Mr. R said...
AstronautDinosaurFiretruck is wrong, you are not a dick because dicks are actually helpful and good to have, you are more like a turd, disposable at best with your sad racism and silly superiority. You only help to prove him right.
3-30-2008 @ 5:10AM
mezzanine said...
Choke.
3-30-2008 @ 2:57PM
Philip said...
I'm not sure John was implying it's ok to desecrate either places of worship.
What I think he was saying, was that in present day you are more likely to be killed by radical Islamists, rather than radical Christians. And indeed, we do have both types of radicals. Ask any of the abortion clinic doctors who were shot.
I don't post this to sit in judgment of either religion. I just wish to point out what his post may have been intended to mean.
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3-30-2008 @ 7:03PM
marty said...
I am also sick and tired of Islam and Muslims being ignored and hailed as heroes by comics and western media but Christianity is regularly attacked from all sides. What about making a joke about suicide bombers and the evil nature of Islam? Nah, lets stick with Christianity.
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3-30-2008 @ 11:34PM
Mr. R said...
We are all humans and we all do disgusting things to one another, we are hypocrites because we hide behind our believes and we blame acts on a god no one has seen so far. Evil, cruel and bloody things have been done under both the name of Islam and Christianity. It's humans that do the violence, not gods. You should all wake up from that, god is not paying your rent.
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3-31-2008 @ 3:28AM
bongo123 said...
"I am also sick and tired of Islam and Muslims being ignored and hailed as heroes by comics"
do you and i watch the same news and live on the same planet?
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3-31-2008 @ 2:23PM
Jotch said...
This movie in which homophobia is used as a subject for satirical comedy is obviously all about whether it is Christians or Muslims who are more oppressed as a religious group.
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4-09-2008 @ 12:47AM
dddd said...
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