# Some shocked & disappointed "Bruno" is a gay mocking vs gay positive portrayal **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400 "2009-07-09T02:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/61 "2009-07-10T23:29:22Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa\_ePERLvK4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa_ePERLvK4) How the hell does he keep a straight face? I’d have been cracking up. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/62 "2009-07-11T00:17:05Z")
Haha, thanks **thirdname**! Also humorous; [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pak5ALMdkbE) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/63 "2009-07-11T01:12:05Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > 1. I love Sasha Baron Cohen > > 2. I loved Borat, laughed my ass off > > 3. I agreed 100% with this article > > 4. This is the only time I’ll post about Bruno until > > 5. It makes my #1 spot of Worst Movies of 2009 Happy Rhodes didn’t like it then, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/64 "2009-07-11T01:56:20Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Anyone else waiting until SBC pulls his schtick on the wrong people and gets an old fashoned Hells’ Angel-style stomping for it? > > It seems like it’s just a matter of time… [Almost happened here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixnYHSYzHtk&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/65 "2009-07-11T02:25:40Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > [Almost happened here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixnYHSYzHtk&feature=related) I have never really seen any of SBC’s stuff (dont have cable, though I saw 10-15 min. of Borat once in a hotel, and didnt care for it at all) but that type of “humor” is uncomfortable to watch, and not funny to me in the least… * * * Jimmy Kimmel has a cousin Sal, who sets up these kind of hidden camera situations for Jimmy’s show, abusing unsuspecting people (often treating them like garbage) and airing the footage for “big laughs”. This is not friendly ribbing, it’s mean spirited and made only to humiliate people. I hate violence, but if I found out that someone beat the shit out of cousin Sal (or Jimmy Kimmel for that matter) during one of these filmings, I would have to feel like it was instant karma for someone who enjoys making fun of others. If it happens, I hope they (Cohen, Kimmel, Cousin Sal) have the balls to show footage of themselves getting a beat down—If you live to dish it out, you should be man enough to take it once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/66 "2009-07-11T02:41:42Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > If it happens, I hope they (Cohen, Kimmel, Cousin Sal) have the balls to show footage of themselves getting a beat down— :dubious: Of course they would. It would be _hilarious_. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/67 "2009-07-11T03:01:07Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I have never really seen any of SBC’s stuff Then you don’t really know WTF you’re talking about, do you? Cohen doesn’t “abuse” anybody. He makes an ass of _himself_ and gets their reactions, but he’s never mocking or hostile or abusive to them. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/68 "2009-07-11T03:09:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Then you don’t really know WTF you’re talking about, do you? > > Cohen doesn’t “abuse” anybody. He makes an ass of _himself_ and gets their reactions, but he’s never mocking or hostile or abusive to them. When did I accuse SBC of abusing anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/69 "2009-07-11T03:20:28Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > When did I accuse SBC of abusing anyone? You accused Jimmy Kimmel of “abusing” people and “treating them like garbage” (I have no idea if this is true or not. I’ve never seen Kimmel’s show). You did this as a comparison to Cohen and said that it would be “instant karma” if “they” (including Cohen) got their asses kicked. If you were not implying that Cohen was doing the same thing as Kimmel, then what was the point of your comparsion? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/70 "2009-07-11T03:32:20Z")
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/71 "2009-07-11T07:32:37Z")
Edit: Just saw the other Bruno thread and moving my post there. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/72 "2009-07-11T09:14:40Z")
For gods sake. He is taking the piss out of the vacuous, talentless nongs in the fashion industry for a start. The gay character is just a medium. Did people think Borat was satarising Kazaks? I think he is hilarious fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400/73 "2009-07-11T10:28:14Z")
I never thought SBC desserved an ass kicking. When Tom Green was on, I hoped someone would kick the crap out of him. If SBC were to talk to me, I think I would have good humor about it, but not with Tom Green… he’s a dick to people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shocked-disappointed-bruno-is-a-gay-mocking-vs-gay-positive-portrayal/502400.md?page=3)