You'll never guess what the number one story was in the TV/Entertainment section on the Mirror.co.uk at 10.00am this morning… the title didn't give it away, did it? Rats.
Yep, the Mirror are inviting the British nation to listen to the phone message. We gave it a wee mention yesterday in Rumours but apparently it's worthy of top billing in England.
Here's the transcription: "Today we are showing Bruno at 3.15pm and 8.20pm and it carries a 16 cert. Now, Bruno is particularly vile. It leads to a hell of a lot of complaints from people who say, 'We didn't think it was that bad'. It is that bad, it will offend every prejudice in the book (brilliant), believe me so don't come on after the film and tell us how horrible it was. *ahems* Oneortwopeoplehaveenjoyedit,though." Eh, don't abandon it entirely mind, we still need to feed the childers. You don't have to tell people you enjoyed it now, it can just be your secret shame, you predudiced so 'n so *jigs off into the ticket kiosk amidst a hail of popcorn*
I'm quite impressed we gave it a 16s cert to be honest, how very liberal of us *twirls* England slapped it with an 18s cert (apparently they're releasing a re-edited version for a 15s audience later this month). We're guessing one of the first scenes to be snipped is the one including a swinging appendage with the miraculous ability to converse. Swiftly followed by the pygmy love sequence (the bit with the champagne bottle will flash past me on the death bed)... and possibly the séance scene mit Vanilli from Milli und Vanilli... Oh, and then there's the shackles sc....