I can still recall sitting in a packed cinema in 2006. Laughing uncontrollably at the hilarious antics of actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s infamous character Borat. So naturally I had hopes for Cohen’s new movie centred on gay Austrian model Bruno.
The opening scenes of Bruno shocked me. Yes, Borat had its fair share of nudity but the nude scenes in the first 30 minutes of Bruno bordered on pornographic. Countless times the audience was subjected to images of Borat and his male lover engaging in the most indecent of acts. Yes acts even more horrifying then those between Borat and his naked
obese friend in the hotel elevator and lobby. I personally found nothing funny about the first thirty minutes of Bruno and judging by the silence in the cinema my opinion was shared by many. It seems as if Cohen had forgotten that obscenity does not always equal humour.
Thankfully the movie soon improved after the initial 30 minutes. Although the film itself is quite short at only 83 minutes. One of the funniest scenes takes place when Bruno visits the Middle East and tries to bridge the gap between the two opposing leaders of Hamas and Palestine. It’s safe to say that ...
