Once Again...
It's been alleged that somewhere on Tumblr, the blog of MTV Awards comedy writer Scott Aukerman, is a confession that the Bruno/Eminem incident was "yes, staged. That's all anyone wants to talk about, so let's get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show."
Over and over the enacting of outrageous/uncomfortable/socially disruptive confrontation scenarios between GenY/late GenX entertainers. Over and over the moment-after suspicions that what we all just saw was staged. Over and over the confirmations arriving a day or two later that we saw was indeed rehearsed and staged.
So for GenY/late GenX comedic entertainers, the enacting of outrageous/uncomfortable/socially disruptive confrontation scenarios is not just a signature thing. It reps a shift in the zetigeist, a movement, "comedy as art." Putting people on in a somewhat dry and unrevealing manner is all they do in front of audiences -- it's pretty much the whole conceptual magilla with not that much else in the bag. Whatever you think may actually be happening isn't happening -- it's theatre, bro. And we are going to keep doing this until you're literally down on your knees and begging for mercy. Because what we do isn't as much funny as it is fun to talk about afterwards over coffee.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 2, 2009 at 3:08 AM
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Jesse Perry
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Are you annoyed because you were fooled? Hint: If someone in the audience is mic'd up, it may be a bit.
Posted by Jesse Perry
at June 2, 2009 7:35 AM
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Sabina E
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Whether it was staged or not, I didn't find it funny. Just lame. Or maybe I just happen to find Sacha Baron Cohen to be so unbelievably annoying.
Posted by Sabina E
at June 2, 2009 7:40 AM
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Colin
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I find it odd Wells doesn't like the wool pulled over his eyes unless its a Tony Gilroy film.
Posted by Colin
at June 2, 2009 10:21 AM
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lazespud
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Somebody thought this was real? What kind of rube would think they would have someone fly in and land on a major star (or anyone for that matter) without getting everyone to sign off on it? With the whole sequence clearly blocked out ahead of time for the cameras? With people in the audienced with mics on?
This was obviously a call-back reference to when Triumph the dog hassled Emimen at, was it the Grammy's? And Eminem was legitimately pissed... this allowed him to say "see, I have a sense of humor."
But I don't think they actually thought people would think this was real... Maybe it was just a happy accident that a few folks were fooled somehow...
Posted by lazespud
at June 2, 2009 6:49 PM
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