Ist Brüno!

In a recent conversation with my father, he called Sacha Baron Cohen "a bad man". He was highly offended that "this man is making a huge profit off of gay-bashing and perpetuating an unfairly dramatized stereotype of gay men." I love my dad and I find it really sweet that he is so protective of me.

So I almost felt bad when I decided to go to the midnight showing of Bruno last night.


**Disclaimer** This is not a movie review. I will only say that I have never laughed so hard or been more offended because of a movie. When it was over I was still laughing and smiling. It was worth every cent.

I've said it before, but midnight showings are one of my favorite things in the the world. Todd hates them, but he was a good sport and went anyway. (He probably thought that by going to Bruno, I would let him off the hook of seeing Harry Potter 6 next Tuesday at midnight..... he is so wrong :)

It was a complete and total fiasco from the beginning.

1) Tickets and IDs. We were meeting our friends at the theater but we got there a little bit before them. We went ahead and got in line to buy our tickets. When our turn came the employee asked to see our IDs. Now, this wasn't a huge shocker for me, but I did find it funny that they needed to see Todd's. I thought all the scruff on his face would have been a good sign that he surpassed the 17 years old restriction for R-rated films. We got our tickets and walked inside where they tear your ticket and direct you to your auditorium. Again they asked to see our IDs. This has never happened to me, but I just went with it. Finally we get to the auditorium and there is another employee checking ticket stubs and IDs for a third time. I still am not quite sure why they went to such lengths to be sure we were old enough, but the whole ordeal really did hype the movie for me.

2) Sociology. The auditorium filled up pretty quickly. Our friends showed up. There were other people that we recognized and were excited to see. Still, there were others that we were not so excited to see.
Slowly it became clear that Bruno was bringing in a VERY diverse crowd: jocks, fag hags, fag haters, fags, preps, nerds, married couples, loners, and those kids that look/smell like they don't shower. The only common factor was that we were all young. It made for an interesting and kind of fun vibe.

3) Technical Difficulties. We noticed during the previews that for about 15 minutes, the theater equipment was not working right. The ads were only being projected in blue and green hues. That problem was fixed though and the movie went on. Everything was fine and we were enjoying ourselves. Then about half way through the movie, the film goes upside down and the audio is being played backwards. Then it just shuts off. The manager comes in and announces that it will take about 20 minutes to fix this problem.

4) Twenty (40) Minute Intermission. As an apology from the theater to us, we all got free re-fills on our drinks and free movie passes. We spent this time wondering through the halls of the theater, using the restrooms (multiple times if your bladder is as small as mine), and collecting our free shit. It must have taken them a lot longer than they thought to fix the problem but finally they did get it back up and running. We finished the movie and went home.

I thoroughly enjoyed our crazy night. If nothing else, some good did come out of last night; we now have free movie passes so Todd has no excuse not to come see Harry Potter 6 next Tuesday at midnight with me!