How Long Until The Latoya Jackson Scene From Bruno Leaks?

Gabe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:15:22 +0000

It was reported last week that a scene from Bruno in which Sacha Baron Cohen interviewed an unsuspecting (isn’t she always?) Latoya Jackson, was being temporarily cut just hours before the Los Angeles premiere. Oh, sorry, quick bit of background information: Michael Jackson died. R.I.P. Michael Jackson! OK, so, now it looks like the scene will officially be cut from the movie. From RiskyBusinessBlog:

The sudden death of Michael Jackson on Thursday prompted a series of discussions at Universal Pictures that resulted in the studio cutting a Jackson-related sketch from “Bruno” only hours before its Los Angeles premiere.

Uni removed a scene in which Bruno, the flamboyant Austrian journalist played by Sacha Baron Cohen, interviews an unsuspecting LaToya Jackson about a number of topics, including her brother.

Among the gags is a joke about the King of Pop’s high-pitched voice, as well as an attempt to discover his contact info (Baron Cohen grabs LaToya’s phone), as well as a reference to his trademark white glove, etc, all done in Baron Cohen’s characteristically absurdist tone.

The scene played at press screenings earlier in the week, where it did not stand out as unusually outrageous in the context of the pic’s other antics.

Maybe it didn’t stand out as unusually outrageous in the context of the pic’s other antics earlier in the week, but what about now, after Jackson’s death on Thursday?

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How Long Until The Latoya Jackson Scene From Bruno Leaks?