Breaking Boundaries ; 'Bruno' Pushes the Limits

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Let us leave aside for a moment the relative merits of "Bruno," the new comedy from "Borat" and "Da Ali G Show" star Sacha Baron Cohen. Let us also leave aside the reaction audiences will have to the boundary-pushing comedian.

Instead, let us first consider this fact: By granting "Bruno" an R rating instead of the original NC-17 it had received, the Motion Picture Association of America has effectively thrown its hands up in resignation and said to filmmakers, "Do the craziest thing you can think of, cut a small portion of that, throw in a few black bars that don't really obscure what's happening when hard-core sex is depicted, and have at it."

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Breaking Boundaries ; 'Bruno' Pushes the Limits

It's hard to imagine the MPAA being able to hand down an NC-17 to any drama after sitting through 88 minutes o...

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