Posted on 03/03/2016 3:08:02 PM PST by drewh
Audiences at screenings around the world have been cheering and applauding a macabre scene in a new film by Sacha Baron Cohen in which "Donald Trump" accidentally contracts HIV.
"The Brothers Grimsby" opens March 11 in the US, though chances are you're learning that for the first time here, given a decision by Sony Pictures to limit its marketing of the satiric comedy. The studio is concerned about the reaction from the real Donald Trump.
At the film's world premiere in London last week, the Daily Telegraph reported that the Trump moment was met with "loud cheering." The Metro newspaper called it a "massive cheer." A viewer at a different screening tweeted, "Went to watch Grimsby and the whole cinema clapped when Donald Trump got given AIDS in it."
Elsewhere in Europe, there were standing ovations. The joke, done in Baron Cohen's standard over-the-top style, is proving cathartic to overseas audiences terrified by Trump's rise.
Back at Sony's Hollywood headquarters, however, there has been much less enthusiasm about the scene in question. Three industry sources said that Sony had made its displeasure clear and pushed to remove the scene, but that Baron Cohen has final authority over the film.
Studio executives are nervous about angering the famously vengeful and litigious Trump, compounded by the possibility of getting on the wrong side of the possible next president. Still traumatized by its run-in with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in 2014, Sony decided its best option was to limit the damage. The film now includes a disclaimer indicating that Trump did not, in fact, participate in making the movie. "If you were told that they're shying away from the movie because of the political implications, I can tell you that's 100 percent true," said a well-placed source.
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Bwahahaha!
So...AIDS is a laughing matter?
Oh just to piss them off even more, I just mailed my early ballot for Trump.
Once again we see clear proof that Europeans are our enemies.
It is if you’re not a mouthbreathing leftist. No one on our side would be crass enough to do so but imagine if someone made a movie that featured 0bama being buggered by larry sinclair, getting aids and then dying from it after a prolonged painful illness.
Just paving the way for the announcement about Obama
Yuk yuk. The Bush “assassination” was a bundle of chuckles too. I can hardly wait for the slapstick comedy featuring the Paris terrorist attacks.
This is EXACTLY why we need Trump. He needs to SLAM the Eurocucks who cheer the death of America. Honestly, I hope Putin invades all of them. Watch them clap then! SCUM!
Apparently people getting AIDS is funny. Maybe it would be funny if Baron Cohen develops testicle and prostrate cancer?
Hollywood just keeps getting sicker. Hopefully, it’s terminal.
Sony Hollywood, I will boycott your films, incl. the religious film Risen. I’ll wait till it comes to the library in maybe six months and get on the list to see the DVD for free. Not one more penny in your pockets. Why am I saying this? You’ve betrayed religious viewers by pushing Risen with one hand, this crap about Donald getting AIDS with the other.
FUEurope! Cut off any aid, if they get any. Tariffs on their imports. Screw ‘em!
Can you imagine the reaction if this had been about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
Standing ovations ?
I’ll never forget the late, great Christopher Hitchens eviscerating the evil America-hater Sasha Baron Cohen (or whatever his name is).
Apparently if Trump contracts it.
Or a movie scene where Obama and Reggie get caught in the act.
Too soon?
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