[kj] (Very OT) Bruno - Autism

[Stephen Lawrence]

countess it looks like you are not that clued up on sacha baron cohen 

he has made a lot of money by posing as stereotypes and fooling people into revealing thier true nature 

started off funny with the ali g character but now i find him a bit of a bore 

both borat and bruno are old hat as they were characters he used in his early t v shows 
 


To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:10:13 -0400
From: countessghoulita at aol.com
Subject: Re: [kj] (Very OT) Bruno - Autism


I know, Oliver. I am sorry, I am still upset. Even if Bruno was a good movie, that line shut me down for good. 

I have read that his cousin, Simon Baron Cohen is Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. I'd love to think that SBC did not mean that line bad, maybe I am too overly sensitive. I look forward to other people's views (and reviews) and perhaps change my mind. As of now, I am still pissed.




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From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 4:02 pm
Subject: Re: [kj] (Very OT) Bruno - Autism


I was just commenting on Tropic Thunder. I don't know how bad Bruno is. 
 
Tropic Thunder was just not funny, period, to my disappointment - except for a few scenes. The main characters in Tropic Thunder were not good people. They were set up as being quite idiotic, vain, superficial, real doofuses - whose stupidity was supposed to be the butt of the movie's joke. So when they said "going full retard," it was something really stupid, portrayed as something only dumb people would think. (At least that is what I took from it.) 
 
Anyone who imitates their behavior, or thinks it is cool - well, that is really odd. 
 
About the Bruno thing, if it makes jokes at autistic folks' expense, well, I agree, that is awful, and deserves criticism. 
 
-Oliver 
 
countessghoulita at aol.com wrote: 

> 

> Maybe I am strict, probably I am really strict. But when you grow up > with people who have disabilities, or you have some in your family, > you may get really sensitive about movies that make fun of people with > disabilities. I am sorry. I don't find it funny. 

 
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