Socially Significant: ‘Bruno’ offers mixed messages on gay community

Sasha Baron Cohen’s first large scale movie, “Borat,” was a tremendous financial and critical success.

It both entertained audiences and also functioned as a tongue-in-cheek examination of xenophobia in the United States.

Those looking for that same combination in Baron Cohen’s new film, “Bruno,” are going to have to look a little harder. “Bruno” does challenge American society, but its attempts to lampoon homophobia while generating laughs confuses more than it enlightens.

If you’ve heard anything about the movie during the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard some rather polarized opinions on it.

Most people seem unable to find a middle ground with the film and can’t decide if the movie hurts the national view on the gay community and culture, empowers it or does nothing except make people laugh at the movies excessive use of penises.

Baron Cohen plays Bruno, a German fashionista trying to get work in the U.S. after his fashion commentary show is canceled in his home country. Bruno’s campy actions throughout the film attract the derision of nearly everyone he meets until he figures out the problem — he’s gay. The remainder of the film involves more wacky escapades as Bruno tries to straighten-out and eventually embrace his homosexuality. See Socially Significant: ‘Bruno’ offers mixed messages on gay community

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“Gay Rumors” Addressed in Kenny Chesney’s Playboy Interview

Kenny Chesney gave an interview to a leading men’s magazine, and the headline on the AP story about that particular conversation proclaims, “Kenny Chesney Discusses Gay Rumors in Playboy Interview.” I suppose the editors at the AP figured enough had been written about his music, his wealth and his life in the Caribbean, so why not dredge up this topic again.

In the interview, Chesney acknowledges that the rumor spread after his marriage to actress Renee Zellweger was annulled. For the annulment to be valid, legal documents had to be submitted claiming physical abuse, mental abuse or other allegations that were not true. “The best thing we could put in there was fraud,” Chesney told Playboy. “So I said, ‘All right, do it. Whatever.’”

He said he was angered by the subsequent rumors, noting, “What guy who loves girls wouldn’t be angry about that …? I didn’t sign up for that. I think people need to live their lives the way they want to, but I’m pretty confident in the fact that I love girls (laughs). I’ve got a long line of girls who could testify that I am not gay.” Like we care, Kenny.

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