It seems that the
untimely death of legendary icon Michael Jackson has slightly altered an upcoming movie's recent premiere. According to
The Hollywood Reporter, a scene in the Sacha Baron Cohen film
Bruno which involved Jackson was cut from the film just hours before the film's Hollywood premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater last night.
The scene in question involved Cohen's
Bruno character interviewing Jackson's sister, LaToya Jackson about several topics including Michael. Cohen jokes about Michael's trademark high-pitched voice and the white glove he wore while performing.
"We decided to take it out tonight and we'll reassess before the release whether to keep it out," said director Larry Charles at the film premiere's afterparty last night.
The scene was included in press screenings that occurred before last night's premiere, and it was said that cutting the scene from every print could be an exhasuting process, since the film's release is just two weeks away.
We'll be sure to keep you posted on this matter as soon as we have more information.
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"...therefore would/could be interpreted as offensive..."
You're absolutely right. People, ourselves included, jump the gun to make a fuss over minute problems. Media and public frenzy.
the best solution, if they really do want to get rid of the MJ bit is just to release it an extra week or two later.
As for cutting the scene from the Premiere, it was a good choice. But to cut it from ALL the prints 2wks prior to the Release?? I'd have to agree with the film-makers that it'd be WAY too exhausting to try and seriously nix the scene from all the prints. So I also agree with FOY on this one, it'd definitely do better as a deleted scene on the DVD/blu-ray or in a revised cut which approximately 4-5 months later would be more appropriate than doing so now.