Ukraine Bans "Bruno", But Not Bruno Schulz (Nor Grammy Award Winning American Classical Conductor John Mclaughlin Williams Nor VP Joe Biden)

"Ukraine has banned "Bruno," Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy about a gay Austrian fashion reporter, objecting to its scenes of nudity and homosexual sex, the culture ministry said on Wednesday.

The ex-Soviet state, where conservative views on homosexuality still prevail, had already banned "Borat," Cohen's previous satire aimed at demasking bigotry and anti-Semitism in the United States.

A culture ministry commission concluded "Bruno" included an "artistically unjustified exhibition of sexual organs and sexual relations, homosexual acts in a blatantly graphic form, obscene language, sadism, anti-social behavior which could damage the moral upbringing of our citizens."" ...

Reuters "Ukraine Bans "Bruno" For Nudity, Gay Sex" New York Times July 15, 2009

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Bruno Schulz

Ukraine has welcomed warmly Grammy Award winning American classical conductor John Mclaughlin Williams.

Vice-President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine next week.

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