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Bruno

Bruno as fans (or victims) of Da Ali G Show know is the fictitious Austrian host of the most popular TV fashion show in a German speaking country that is not Germany. Like Borat and Ali G, Bruno is evil spawn from the fertile mind of Sacha Baron Cohen who has turned outrageously unacceptable behaviour into an art form that is universally embraced. He takes outrageous to a new level here, the prime example being that without even knowing the star’s real name, guessing his religion is no mystery - as a matter of fact it’s quite uncomfortably in your face. When things go out of fashion for Bruno at home he decides to become an American celebrity and heads to Hollywood. He’s immediately ditched by his gay lover and things disintegrate from there as his various dreams of celebrity and curing his homosexuality slowly deteriorate. This film is directed by Larry Charles who gave us Religulous and it shows. The plot of course is merely a means to string together a collection of pompous charlatans and raging bigots candidly making fools of themselves and Cohen’s genius for inventing new ways to facilitate this is what will draw audience throngs who embraced Borat back into theatres to see what he’ll get up to this time. In the end Bruno is a story of survival in that it is amazing how Cohen has consistently eluded murder with his edgy behaviour.

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