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Brüno Is Toxic to Gays

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2009 12:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Brüno should have been good for the gays, shining a bright light on homophobia and inoculating the world against it. Instead, “Brüno is a gay minstrel, in the most literal sense of the word,” writes David Rakoff for Salon. Just as... Read full story »

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