During a scene in his movie Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen succeeded in making an arena full of rodeo enthusiasts very, very angry at him. It appears that he pulled the same trick twice more in Arkansas in April for his next movie and, once again, succeeded in getting the desired reaction. The film, about his gay Austrian character Bruno, filmed at two arenas full of fans who came for a night of MMA action and $1 beers. What they got was two actors who put on a display a little different than what you get when you purchase a UFC pay-per-view. From The Smoking Gun, via Deadspin:
Both cards ended with two male grapplers (one was identified as "Straight Dave" and wore camouflage) tearing each other's clothes off and, while in underwear, kissing down their opponent's chest.The crowd was less than thrilled by the turn of events.
"It set the crowd off lobbing beers," Holland said. "They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually." Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel.Whether their reaction was caused by the cheap suds, homophobia or false advertising of a MMA show, I'm guessing it was exactly what Cohen wanted for his film.
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7-09-2008 @ 9:59AM
upewers said...
mma is a serious sport. it wasnt homophobia it was a lack of respect for the sport. its probably a good thing they escaped through their tunnel. ha ha i get it, lets laugh at the rednecks in Arkansas who like mma. but what he fails to understand is that it is an up and coming sport that the rest of the world will soon start to understand and embrace. i have lost a lot of respect for sacha cohen and hope one day we cross paths so i can personally let him know how i feel about this stunt.
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7-09-2008 @ 2:50PM
PantsB said...
I'd be pretty pissed if I paid $5 bucks to see MMA and saw a make out session instead. I'm not anti-gay (pro gay marriage, adoption, discrimination protection etc) AND I strongly dislike the South but this still seems unfair/dickish.
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7-30-2008 @ 7:08AM
Donche said...
I like mma too, but that's funny. It's only not funny to us because it wasn't our idea. It was only a matter of time before somebody played off the whole "two guys rolling around on the ground" deal.
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