I went to see Brüno last night with my son and we laughed from beginning to end. Brüno does what many other comedies do, making fun of stereotypes, or use them to score a laugh. Sure, there will be anti-gay people lured into seeing this movie but it's them this movie makes fun of and they will only see themselves on screen.
As far as stereotypes go, gays are well aware of the kind of over-the-top Priscilla Of The Desert queen Brüno portrays, glimpses of which we recognize in Miss J (Tyra Bank's Next Top Model), or in some of Bravo's characters in Queer Eye, or Runway. Richard Simmons is another example of someone who takes "gayness" to the extreme and millions adore him and buy his tapes. You can hate Brüno and see him as someone who does a disservice to the gay community, but I think he succeeded in holding up a mirror to America and homophobia in general. As Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen had the courage to even confront a known terrorist with his narrow minded world view. If anything, GLAAD should welcome the discussion and the opportunity to share their views, but making Brüno the bad gay, uh, guy only shows their lack of vision. At least Kazakhstan awarded Borat a prize for putting the country on the map...
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