'QUEERFACE #2 - Gay Celebs Compare \"Bruno\" To Blackface; Voice Concern'

$'QUEERFACE #2 - Gay Celebs Compare \"Bruno\" To Blackface; Voice Concern'$

04:19 Oct 17, 2022 0 0

'June 13, 2008 - LIFEWORKS event honoring Dustin Lance Black  Gay celebrities Jack Plotnick (actor/comedian), Peter Paige (actor \"Queer As Folk\"), Nick Verreos (fashion designer), Jennifer Elise Cox (actress/comedian), and Brian Graden (LOGO network founder) express concern about the impact of Sacha Baron Cohen\'s film \"Bruno\", about a flamboyant Austrian Gay Fashionista who comes to America.  While some hail Cohen\'s \"Bruno\" as a brilliant device to tackle the subject of homophobia, others see \"Bruno\" as a kind of gay \"Blackface\".  Stereotypes embodied Blackface played a significant role in cementing and proliferating racist images, attitudes and perceptions worldwide.    Sacha Cohen, who is straight, created \"Bruno\" as part of the Ali G Show.  He has not made public his personal views on LGBT issues, leading to his having little, if any, moral standing on which to caricature an oppressed group which struggles for the right to marry, serve in the military, employment security, immigration, and even their own lives as they are killed for striving to live as part of the global LGBT community.  Reporting - Courtney K; Camera and podcast - Mike Skiff Third Rail Media'

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