Comments on: Bruno is a Queerface Minstrel Show. Today in Film Bloggery 06/17/09 http://blog.spout.com/2009/06/17/bruno-is-a-queerface-minstrel-show-today-in-film-bloggery-061709/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ZackFord Blogs | Behold the musings of Zack Ford, a politically-minded white, gay, male, nondisabled, middle-class, atheist educator with a passion for social justice. http://blog.spout.com/2009/06/17/bruno-is-a-queerface-minstrel-show-today-in-film-bloggery-061709/#comment-135256 ZackFord Blogs | Behold the musings of Zack Ford, a politically-minded white, gay, male, nondisabled, middle-class, atheist educator with a passion for social justice. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:39:20 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=15170#comment-135256 [...] watch Will & Grace, I often feel like Jack epitomizes the idea of “queerface” that Brüno has been accused of.  Jack was a straight actor playing a gay man the way society saw gay men, and it was [...] [...] watch Will & Grace, I often feel like Jack epitomizes the idea of “queerface” that Brüno has been accused of.  Jack was a straight actor playing a gay man the way society saw gay men, and it was [...]

]]> By: Brüno: It Takes Silly Absurdities to Reveal Harsh Realities « ZackFord Blogs http://blog.spout.com/2009/06/17/bruno-is-a-queerface-minstrel-show-today-in-film-bloggery-061709/#comment-130474 Brüno: It Takes Silly Absurdities to Reveal Harsh Realities « ZackFord Blogs Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:43:20 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=15170#comment-130474 [...] watch Will & Grace, I often feel like Jack epitomizes the idea of “queerface” that Brüno has been accused of.  Jack was a straight actor playing a gay man the way society saw gay men, and it was [...] [...] watch Will & Grace, I often feel like Jack epitomizes the idea of “queerface” that Brüno has been accused of.  Jack was a straight actor playing a gay man the way society saw gay men, and it was [...]

]]> By: Dan Winclechter http://blog.spout.com/2009/06/17/bruno-is-a-queerface-minstrel-show-today-in-film-bloggery-061709/#comment-129273 Dan Winclechter Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:33:07 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=15170#comment-129273 I have a hard time believing anyone is going to see this movie and interpret Bruno as in any way representative of the gay community. He'll just be Bruno, the crazy larger-than-life character. Besides, I'm more troubled by the lame and forced looking scripted segments of the film. I have a hard time believing anyone is going to see this movie and interpret Bruno as in any way representative of the gay community. He’ll just be Bruno, the crazy larger-than-life character.

Besides, I’m more troubled by the lame and forced looking scripted segments of the film.

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