The truth about the Bruno-Eminem Contretemps at the MTV Awards Show

[sudsmaster]

Much comment has been made, pro and con, about Eminem's reaction to an inverted Bruno (is that redundant?) landing ass-first in Eminem's face during the recent MTV awards show.

While browsing some news photos on Yahoo, I caught a slideshow on Bruno, with the following photo and tidbit:

"In this image released by RapRadar.com, Eminem, left, and Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as the character Bruno, pose together on Saturday, May 30, 2009, the day before the MTV Music Awards in California. Enimem told RapRadar.com that the much-talked about stunt, which had the comedian descending from the ceiling from a wire in a scantily clad outfit and landing buttocks up in Eninem's face, was all rehearsed, right down to Eminem's mock disgust."

 

[panthera]

Well,

You know what they say about men who wear overly-large watches...

I thought it was funny, even tho' obviously staged (even at the M-TV awards, not everyone is wired for dolby-surround...)

It also marks quiet a shift for Eminem. Hmm. Could he be growing up?

 

[sudsmaster]

The only time I saw Eminem perform was on a TV show - SNL I think - about 10 years ago. I'm probably in the minority, but at the time I detected an artistic and sincere, if confused, message in his song. He speaks of unpleasant things but I didn't get that he was in favor of them, just interested in exposing the seamy underbelly of reality.

Then again, I'm quite unfamiliar with the rest of his work so I could be totally wrong about him.