Bruno is making an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. This is going to be great. Can’t wait to DVR the Bruno segment at 1130 EST.
Kind of puts a damper on Johnny Depp and Megan Fox who’s appearing on David Letterman in the same competing time slot.
http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/
Update:
Although some of the interview were bleeped out by the censors, Bruno did not disappoint. If Max Weinberg was still in the studio, all hell would have broken loose with flaming happy innuendos. Bruno danced for Conan and my cheeks were hurting from laughter.
A friend who never heard of Bruno also saw the interview and her reaction was – “Wow, this guy is flamingly gay!” There is certainly a spark of myth for the LGBT community to contain and douse out.
Looking back at the Bruno prank that Paula Abdul accidentally took part in because her publicist signed her up to receive a foreign entertainment award, Paula is no longer offended. She now finds it funny and accommodating to have stepped into an elaborate Bruno joke unknowingly. Better yet, she has wholeheartedly helped to cross promote the Bruno movie by making numerous media appearances and talk up a very good game about her part.
Kudos to Paula Abdul for being such a good sport.
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/paula-abdul-on-her-accidental-bruno-cameo-i-think-its-hysterical/24291
No Sacha Baron Cohen movie is complete without working the Jewish angle. Naomi Pfefferman provides a list of scenes that tie Bruno back to his Jewish roots.
http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/brunos_top_five_jewish_moments_20090622/
- Bruno “traipsing in a black hat, pais and a speedo through a religious area in Israel”.
- Holds interview sessions “between Israeli and Arab leaders”.
- Kicked out by Muslim extremist instead of kidnapped as intended.
- Refers to Mel Gibson’s picture as the “Der Fuhrer”.
- “I couldn’t even shtup Rupaul (sic).” – http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shtup
Many of us do not have the privilege of screening the Bruno film before the scheduled release date of July 10th. Even those who did see Bruno on Monday are keeping their mouths shut and pens away from jotting down a review.
Universal has banned reviews of “Bruno” for another week…
… having seen the film Monday, and vowing to respect the review date…
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005295.html
The other take away points from Peter Bart’s column in Variety is:
- Please, Sacha, no more Borats.
- In some cases (as with former presidential candidate Ron Paul), the setup is painful, not funny.
- But some also will complain that it’s almost a one-joke comedy.
- Like “Borat,” “Bruno” will resound in a loud ka-ching. (Reference to movie ticket sales.)
For every scene in Bruno, there’s a group of writers that help to plan, script out Bruno’s every answers and actions based on how they think certain individual targets would react. What’s amazing is that these scenes are shot only once with no chance for a retake unlike movies.
The greatest fear for these writers is putting Bruno in explosive situations where he manages to push people over the edge, at times that can result in violent outcomes.
Schaffer also reveals that there’s a security team that gets to veto certain ideas if they seem too dangerous; considering some scenes in Bruno left me feeling legitimately anxious (especially one in the Middle East), I’m curious to see what they turned down.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/19939/1/NOW-YOU-CAN-GET-BEHIND-BRUNO/Page1.html
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