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July 9, 2009
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Dork vs. Dork: Brüno I enjoy the sputtering apoplectic rage of homophobes caught between their responsibilities and their bigotry. I enjoy the drunken yodeling your-own-petard-hoisting when frat house Brosephs are confronted with the irony of their own behaviors. And the sweet delights of vapid entertainment hangers-on, fashion industry bobble-heads and equally loathsome members of various tabloid media unknowingly swallowing their feet up to the knees is certainly deserved. But these have been done before. Often times by Baron Cohen himself and without the burden of an hour and a half of barely restrained Austrian personal bits. Oh, wow, you made Ron Paul look like a goofus. Here’s your Stealing Candy From Babies Award. And what’s that?!? You say that America is full of hateful trailer trash who spend their waking hours shoveling Hot Pockets and Hostess Fruit Pies into their slackened maws! OMG your subversive observations have the cutting edge of a Hot Topic shopper. How can I possibly step back into the herd of Sheeple now that my arch-conservative mind has been so thoroughly blown by your single-entendre shtick? I liked Cohen in Sweeney Todd, though. — Glenn Given Dan Responds What’s that? Two hours of trashing American homophobia. Sure, sign me up. Where else will you find an Andy Kaufman/Zoolander mash-up that is both flattering and even more painful than the originals at the same time? Sasha Baron Cohen has done his homework. The genius of Cohen’s characters is how they (he?) are able to get under the skin of their clueless targets, not that making Americans look like idiots is too difficult, it’s just that Cohen seems to absolutely relish the idea. Is some of it staged? Sure. Was Eminem in on the joke? Who cares? For those critics who hate on Brüno (or Borat or Ali G. or even Cohen for that matter) because they are uncomfortable, offended, annoyed — hey, get over it, I guess the joke’s on you too. Once again Cohen teams up with director Larry Charles, the guy who cut his chops on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Tick and Dilbert, not to mention directing Borat. But the real star, of course, is Cohen’s ability to fool people in ways that would make Michael Moore jealous. He gets embedded in the Alabama National Guard, for heaven’s sake. Just sit back and get ready to squirm. — Dan Szczesny Glenn Responds
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6/25/2009 Transformers 2
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