Bruno

[NowhereMan]

I liked Da Ali G Show and the character back on the 11 O'clock show and I liked Borat. The movie was quite funny (better to pretend the Ali G movie never existed) but frankly I think he's been down hill a bit since Da Ali G show. It was fun seeing how celebrities and self-important people reacted to someone completely screwing them around, especially when it was clearly someone spouting totally ridiculous positions or opinions. Though that whole thing was done far better by Brass Eye.

[Kitsune]

I'm really not a fan of the 'Oh boy, I'll act like a capering ass in front of these people, let's laugh as they agree to anything I say to make me go away!' school of comedy.  If I want to watch someone fuck with people who deserve to be fucked with, Stewart and Colbert do a much better job of it.

[gryeyes]

My main problem is that the character is so beyond the pale that it being homosexual is largely irrelevant to the peoples reactions. Guy could have been smearing feces on his face the entire time and received the same response. Seemed more of a series of staged skits more so than the Borat style story.

[Soln]

I hear a lot of the scenes are faked too.  ie. Bono + Elton John.  They know who he is.

[gryeyes]

I don't think that really constitutes as fake. I doubt people of that caliber are going to get "tricked" into singing lyrics about butthole bleaching. Its not even presented as a "skit" its them singing along while the credits run.

[WindupAtheist]

Total abject collapse of 72.7% in it's second weekend. Between that and a C-range average viewer rating, this looks like a classic case of death by word of mouth.

[pants]

And Twitter!

[WindupAtheist]

Thanks for linking that, was pretty interesting. Bruno's Friday-to-Saturday drop did seem sort of odd. Usually word of mouth doesn't really kick in until the second weekend.

[Ookii]

Saw it last night, fucking hilarious.  It hurt to laugh by the end.

[Mrbloodworth]

While I am certainly not offended by anything Cohen does, I really don't find him funny at all.  Same with Ben Stiller, and Jim Carrey.  There's just something about those guys in general that is a bit too sophomoric for my tastes.