en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/571695 Comments by sean90291 http:/www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/17/gay-friendly-bruno-reshoots-rumoured/#IDComment24613964 You better not be now, if you're gonna play that card. ;-) But good point! Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:50:59 +0000 http:/www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/17/gay-friendly-bruno-reshoots-rumoured/#IDComment24613964 http:/www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/17/gay-friendly-bruno-reshoots-rumoured/#IDComment24611136 Cohen is a comedic genius, but also a genius at exposing cultural hypocrisy. His comedy is skillfully manipulative. Which is why a lot of rednecks don't get that Borat is making them look ridiculous. And so I have tremendous faith in Cohen to pull off Bruno as a smart if divisive cultural commentary (and make me laugh my ass off in the process). However, when extremely smart, talented funny dudes like Mike White have a problem with aspects of the film...hm...it does make me wonder if Cohen missed the mark in a couple of places. That's to be expected, though. Comedy ain't funny if it ain't treading on dangerous territory. Certainly Kazakhstan took offence with Borat. The difference is people aren't really running around America killing Kasakhs the way they're killing gay people, which does raise the bar for social responsibility in the case of Bruno. (Cf., recent reports about huge increase in murder and violence against gays in the past 12 months.) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:14:10 +0000 http:/www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/17/gay-friendly-bruno-reshoots-rumoured/#IDComment24611136