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Special Features Rating: 7/10

All the people that thought they escaped public humiliation with Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest social experiment now have their day as BRÜNO hits shelves, jam packed with deleted, alternate and extended scenes as well as an informative commentary on the difficulties and experiences of shooting a film like Brüno from Cohen himself, along with director Larry Charles.

Most of what you get with the special features on BRÜNO is the fat they cut off the film to make it flow better. The alternate scenes provide us with some hilariously awkward moments as Brüno makes sexual advances towards various politicians in a similar way he does with Ron Paul in the final cut. We also get to see who Brüno interviews before Paula Abdul whilst sitting on a human chair. It is none other than baseball legend Pete Rose, who seems all too comfortable with the idea.

The most robust section of the special features is the deleted scenes, which is to be expected with any docu-style shoot. While entertaining to watch, there really aren’t many scenes, other than maybe one or two, that will make you erschüttern that they were not included. The one everyone is sure to look for is of course included. That being the famous LaToya Jackson scene, which was cut out of respect just before the film’s release due to her brother’s sudden death. Here you’ll also find some other interviews/havoc reeking with models and designers at Milan’s fashion week, an interview with a party planner in which the Austrian fashionista asks how he would plan a party for concentration camp survivors and interviews with various relators and an interior designer as Brüno looks for a house in the Hollywood hills.

This is also where you will find some of the material that unfortunately landed on the cutting room floor but would have been a nice addition to the film. For all you Texan Gordon and the Whaler’s, you will appreciate Brüno’s ascendance on Tyler, Texas, where he interviews a White supremacist as a part of a human interest piece in hopes of getting a job as a local news reporter. Next, Brüno heads off to the gun show, where he talks to a few NRA card holders about “shooting their loads” into the chests and faces of young Hispanic intruders. And, in one of my favorite scenes unfortunately not included, Brüno interviews a scientist via instant messaging while sitting gagged right across from the man, also gagged. Things go wrong when Brüno confuses the chat conversation with the one he is simultaneously having with his boyfriend, and we become privy to their cyber-sex. Oh, did I mention this is all revealed by the laptops’ robotic voice chat? This is of course a great segueway into Brüno’s attempts to rid himself of his homosexuality by attending a anti-gay marriage rally.

Then comes the extended scenes, which are mostly bits and pieces that were either cut to get the film down to an R-rating or to cut it down to its 1 hour and 22 minute runtime. Here you’ll get some more swingers, gay converters, parents that should be arrested and have their children taken away from them (which I am convinced is fake) and the civil union of Brüno and Lutz, which features Brüno asking if he “may now blow the bride?” followed by him blowing the “bride.”

In one of the most interesting and revealing features on the DVD, viewers are given a special interview with Lloyd Robinson, Brüno’s Hollywood agent. Here we learn the man’s reaction to finding out that Brüno was not a real person but Cohen’s creation to expose America’s stereotypes. It truly is a revealing look at someone’s natural reactions to Cohen’s larger than life characters.

If you are a fan of Cohen, whether it be from his roots with DA ALI G SHOW or his first shock film BORAT, BRÜNO is definitely one to add to your collection. After all, it’s über-hilarious and it will totally bring you, your friends and the whole world together!