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Well I watched Bruno last night. I don’t really know what to think about it. It certainly made me laugh, a lot, but at what cost. It made me feel uncomfortable, more than anything else, for the unsuspecting people involved. Sure a lot of them say things that are unforgivable, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

A racist or homophobic crosses the line when he acts on his views and encroaches on the rights of another person. If they are not doing this they essentially are just another person with their opinion that they are entitled to. It is these people that I kind of feel are exploited in this film. Sure they have bad opinions, but they were not crossing the line before Cohen forced them into a situation that made them uncomfortable. And by doing this to these people I believe that Cohen actually became the type of person he was supposedly shaming. Borat was funny because it put people in a funny situation (most of the time) and it wasn’t used to exploit certain types of people (most of the time).

If you want to see possibly the most contraversial film of our time, this is for you. But if you just want a laugh, its probably best to avoid.