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So out of style and immoral: 'Bruno' gets banned in the Ukraine
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Nothing like a little Eastern European controversy to perk up ticket sales elsewhere. Sacha Baron Cohen's hot-button "Bruno" has proven a little too hot to handle for the Ukraine, which has banned the movie for being immoral. What would Austria's gayest fashionista-slash-TV presenter say to that? Probably, "fabulous?" Hello?!
The Ukranian Culture Ministry said this week that Baron Cohen's depictions of "sexual organs, homosexual intercourse and language are obscene and improper." As for Austria, while some officials have taken a stance against Baron Cohen's intentionally polarizing comedy, no course of action like censoring the film has been put into motion.
International complaints are nothing new for Baron Cohen. His groundbreaking "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" raised the ire of the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and the United States with both Kazakhstan and Russia banning the film.
Meanwhile, "Bruno" continues to prove itself a summer movie curiosity in North America, earning $34.2 million in its first four days of release. Here the top 10 reasons to see the film, as delivered by Bruno himself to David Letterman.
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