La Toya Jackson scene cut from Bruno

29 June 2009 | 14:09 - By World Movies

Sacha Baron Cohen has made an 11th hour cut to Bruno, to edit out a scene that poked fun of La Toya Jackson and indirectly, her late brother Michael Jackson.

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As news of Michael Jackson’s death broke on Thursday in Los Angeles, Bruno's creators realised that a classic ‘gotcha’ scene featuring LaToya Jackson, Mexican labourers and a running gag about the King of Pop’s telephone number, would go down like a proverbial lead balloon at that evening’s LA premiere.

Director Larry Charles told Variety at the time that the cuts were made out of respect to the Jackson family, and that he, Sacha Baron Cohen and distributor Universal would decide whether to leave it out permanently. Unsurprisingly, they’ve since deemed it uber-unfunny and have opted to leave it out indefinitely.

The film is set to premiere in Sydney tonight.

 


 

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30 Jun 2009 22:00 AEST

Jon

From: Melbourne

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Society and the media work in weird ways... It's ok to rip into someone and make fun of them - as long as they're breathing... Soon as the inevitable happens we all pay homage.. For a while. Until the 'too soon' times fade and we can all once again go back to our regular routines of bagging out characters such as MJ.. Who, don't forget was the same guy just a few weeks back the media was calling 'Whacko Jacko'.. I just find it odd the intense media coverage and praise showered on to the same guy they were not long ago scrutinising as a pedophile, a declining musician and an irresponsible parent. The media seem like a bunch of schizophrenic retards that can't work out left from right, or which side of the fence they sit on.. Or maybe they just sway to what sells and attracts viewers!? Anyway, far as I'm concerned MJ died about 10 years ago. It was just no one seemed to notice til the other day. If this movie came out a few years after he passed, nothing would be cut.

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