Bruno was the first topic on "The View" July 14th. Only Joy Behar and Walters had seen the movie. They each gave their honest opinion of the movie - Behar's review was not a surprise.
"Steve and I were the only ones really laughing, I have to say. Because, I don't know, people were sort of shocked or something by it," she said, sounding confused. "I was howling ... It's so audacious and so funny. It's uneven. It's not funny constantly. But when it is funny, it's a killer funny."
To listen to Behar's evaluation of the movie it would seem it was just a run-of-the-mill edgy comedy, not meant for the easily offended. Therefore, it was up to Walters to give the movie the straightforward evaluation it deserved.
"There were times when he is hilarious." Walters admitted, but, "There are 12-year-olds here. This is a movie that is listed as R, which means you can come with a parent. If you are a parent, do not bring your child to this movie. There are close-ups, which Joy did not mention, of penises and pubic hair as close as this with it wagging like this. (This is going to make you all want to go see this movie and that's why I'm sorry to go through this.)" Walters explained vividly, with hand motions to match.
She continued to detail the movie and the negative impact she believed it would have, "Bruno is supposedly an Austrian homosexual. This movie purports to make people who are homophobic know more. I think if you're not homophobic, it could make you. I don't need to know how you are doing anal intercourse."
Although Behar admitted, "It's quite vile. You can't imagine what he does and what he shows," she said she was still "not shocked by any of that." (Including an "anal intercourse machine.")
Walters refused to support Bruno's exploitation of "the little people" (basically, the unsuspecting people who are constantly ridiculed in the movie.) Also, she disapproved of the scenes with the not-so-little. "They say he pretends to be, in this case, he would be an Austrian interviewer. He interviews Ron Paul, for example, who had the good sense to walk out."
Behar disagreed. "That whole scene is hilarious." she interrupted. "I just think it was funny."
Walters ended her critique with a final plea: "My point is: You want to go see this movie? It's not as funny as Borat, it hasn't gotten the same reviews. What I'm saying is this is a movie that is almost as pornographic as any pornographic thing I've seen that's in your neighborhood movie theater. Go see it. Have a good time. Part of it is boring. Sometimes it's very funny. But for heaven's sakes, don't take your children."
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Behar
July 15, 2009 - 15:13 ET by Texndoc"It's just hilarious! It's just hilarious!" says that shill.
Obviously you can figure there's not one joke at a certain liberal's expense. Don't forget she was defending Letterman's attack on Palin's kid against every other person on that panel's opinion, until the next day when she probably noted how ridiculous she sounded - then Dave went over the line, suddenly.
Walters is out of touch
July 15, 2009 - 20:05 ET by TrickletownIt's telling that Walters uses the term " little people" to describe normal, everyday-type folks.
Just last week, the gals on 'The View' did a segment on the term "little people" vs " midget", the latter being considered pejorative by the diminutive folk.
Each day , Walters must look upon her studio audience and think " ah, such nice 'little people'.
Tt... I caught that...and
July 15, 2009 - 20:23 ET by bigtimerTt...
I caught that...and I take it the same way as you do.
These elitists really live in their own bubble...and do look down on others...they cannot help it evidently...even though she tried to be oh so condescending and kind with her explanation when asked.
In my world, we pity people like this...they don't know what real living is all about...even though they come through our screens 24/7 claiming and pretending they do...and letting us know it too by golly...by gum.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Terrorist Suing Bruno
July 15, 2009 - 15:28 ET by slickwillie2001In the movie, 'Bruno' interviews a (real) member of Palestinian Fatah, Abu Ayman Aita in Israel or 'palestine', I'm not sure which. Cohen told him the movie was to help the 'palestinian' cause. It looks like he didn't catch on to the joke and now that the movie is out they are enraged and threatening to sue or worse.
Terrorist Leader Threatens to Sue Bruno: http://mypetjawa.mu.nu
You can't make this stuff up, and you have to give a nod to Cohen for tweaking real terrorists.
tired of liberal liesLOL
July 15, 2009 - 21:43 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
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A friend and I were going
July 15, 2009 - 15:37 ET by ckc1227A friend and I were going to see it until we learned about all the gratuitous, in your face footage of male genitalia. Not exactly what I want to see when I go to a movie. I'm all for outrageous humor, but I draw the line at having penises shoved in my face. I'll leave that kind of thing to Barney Frank.
I did see one clip in a commercial that made me chuckle. He said to a crowd of black folks that he was considering a traditional African name.....like O.J. Needless to say, they didn't seem too happy about that remark.
From ckc1227:
July 15, 2009 - 15:44 ET by Kat Outta the Bag"I'm all for outrageous humor, but I draw the line at having penises shoved in my face."
Outrageous humor is one thing, but doing something purely for the shock factor under the guise of humor is another and it sounds like this movie falls into the latter category. It's juvenile at best.
"but doing
July 15, 2009 - 17:18 ET by ckc1227"but doing something purely for the shock factor under the guise of
humor is another and it sounds like this movie falls into the latter
category."
And it's not just this movie. There has been a trend in comedies over the past couple of years to sneak penis shots in. What you aren't seeing much of these days? Boob shots. The pee pee has replaced the tee tee, and I don't like it.
Angry White Dude warns against watching The View
July 15, 2009 - 15:35 ET by jefflebowskiAngry White Dude warns anyone with intelligence about watching The View. You will immediately die from high blood pressure.
Now I give you that liberals are stupid. But the collection of liberals on The View take the cake!
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
WHITE DUDES... speaking of....
July 15, 2009 - 17:37 ET by MrShyBelow might very well be the creme de la crop of all the ugly, angry racism and sexism we're increasingly having to endure from this party of ugliness, divisiveness and class/sex/race warfare:
http://www.nytimes.c...
Be prepared before you click this link... it's absolutely unreal, the garbage these people sit and write.
MrS... Yeah, good ol'
July 15, 2009 - 17:39 ET by bigtimerMrS...
Yeah, good ol' MoDo threw everything in the kitchen sink didn't she as long as they all had an 'R' behind their name, and I mean all.
She's getting to be such an unhappy bitter ol' biddy.
If you're fed up to here with politics lately, don't read it, or have your duct-tape handy, just in case.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
BT
July 15, 2009 - 18:45 ET by MrShyYou're right... I need to just walk away. But it's all around me :(:(
This leftist ideology is totally deranged. They LIKE drama and chaos, I think, and they need to keep the wars going... and I'm not talking the bombs/bullets kind.
MrS... True what you
July 15, 2009 - 19:00 ET by bigtimerMrS...
True what you say...we live in different worlds in someways...I'm surrounded by mountains, ridges, deer in my yard type of thing...and you are surrounded, my nearest neighbor you cannot see.
I'll take the tranquility at times to the surroundings you are living in...on the other hand, there is a segment I do miss of towns and such...but still, I'd rather come home to peaceful sounds.
Heck...I went on too much...but I do love reading here everyone else's lives, experiences and areas they live, you learn so much.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Nice to know that Barbara
July 15, 2009 - 15:36 ET by Kat Outta the BagNice to know that Barbara Walters does have an ounce of decency in her after all. Behar, on the other hand, is hopeless. Just hopeless.
Wow, color me surprised...
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Wow, color me surprised that piglet Joy Behar is “not
shocked” by the use of an anal intercourse machine. I’m sure she has a custom-built one at home…
Bruno
July 15, 2009 - 16:05 ET by KellyRI definitely have a much higher opinion of Barbara Walters after reading this. My opinion of Joy Behar -- can't get much lower.
Why?
July 15, 2009 - 16:06 ET by FuzzlenutterWhy does all that html crap show up in my posts?
You'll figure it out.
July 15, 2009 - 16:17 ET by RukusGary
I want my country back!
Never mind...
July 15, 2009 - 16:06 ET by FuzzlenutterTold ya.
July 15, 2009 - 16:18 ET by Rukus: )
Gary
I want my country back!
I'm glad someone is willing
July 15, 2009 - 16:15 ET by Radical1979I'm glad someone is willing to say kids shouldn't see this movie.
I remember Jerry Seinfeld saying it's harder to be funny when you don't get crude. Seinfeld could deal with adult issues without being explicit. I think it made it funnier.
Behar is a tasteless human being without a brain.
Not surprised Blohar loved it
July 15, 2009 - 17:05 ET by SickofLibsShe's all for breaking down barriers -
like the one between the clinically insane and the rest of us.
Well, this is a
July 15, 2009 - 17:10 ET by bigtimerWell, this is a first....Good for BaWa!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
You don't need Babwa Waltes
July 15, 2009 - 18:43 ET by Mitchell BlattYou don't need Babwa Waltes to say so. Just ask any high school or college student. All over Facebook the only thing I'm hearing is that it's a gay porn flick that doesn't belong in theaters.
If Edison were to invent the light bulb today, the head- lines would read, '200,000 candle makers lose their jobs.'
"Anal intercourse Machine"
July 15, 2009 - 18:37 ET by MightyMouthPerfect description of the current Congress and Administration!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
→ That's sick
July 15, 2009 - 18:39 ET by Cool ArrowBut maybe there's yet another reason they call Joe Biden "Plugs"
dude, I am not saying I have...
July 15, 2009 - 22:09 ET by MightyMouth...but if you would have seen one of those "machines" you would probably have thrown up at least a little in your mouth.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
tired of liberal
July 15, 2009 - 21:42 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
LOL I didn't see Bruno or Borrat, I don't find mocking unsuspecting people amusing but the fact that he had the GUTS to mock Aita, former leader of the martyrs brigade which conned dozens of young Palisinian kids to strap on suicide belts and die for the cause while he and the other "leaders" stayed home safe, puts him head and shoulders above the usual hollywood elites who only mock conservatives and christians and accuse them of being dangerous. Walters was afraid his portayal of a gay man was offensive as well. Well good for Bruno for being an anti-pc voice in the wilderness even if I won't see the movie
Its kind of disturbing that
July 15, 2009 - 22:06 ET by dumbanguishIts kind of disturbing that people are taking 12-year-olds to see an "R" rated movie, period. I didn't realize one "R" rated movie was more acceptable for children than another "R" rated movie.
I turned Borat off...pretty
July 16, 2009 - 02:08 ET by RR GOPI turned Borat off...pretty much the same Daily Show shtick were they interview people and try to be funny at their expense...wasn't funny when Colbert did it and wasn't funny in that movie either. So, any positive comparison to Borat puts me off immediately.
Also, I guess I'm old-fashioned, but R means no one under 18 should be allowed to see it and it means even if you watch it with your twenty-five year old son or daughter you'll probably feel uncomfortable.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
July 16, 2009 - 08:02 ET by jessieHDidn't watch Borat, won't be watching this crap either.