An Eminem Publicity Stunt Retrospective: What's Clever And What's Lame? (POLL)

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Huffington Post   |  Katy Hall
First Posted: 06- 5-09 01:21 PM   |   Updated: 07- 6-09 05:12 AM

Eminem's staged collision with Bruno's crotch wasn't his first attention-getting ploy. From his sex scene with Brittany Murphy in '8 Mile' to his lyrics about bedding Mariah Carey, Sarah Palin and even his mother, the rapper's career is riddled with publicity stunts. Clever or crass? You decide.


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He bedded Brittany Murphy onscreen in 2002's '8 Mile' - and was rumored to have done the same in real life
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Eminem's staged collision with Bruno's crotch wasn't his first attention-getting ploy. From his sex scene with Brittany Murphy in '8 Mile' to his lyrics about bedding Mariah Carey, Sarah Palin and eve...
Eminem's staged collision with Bruno's crotch wasn't his first attention-getting ploy. From his sex scene with Brittany Murphy in '8 Mile' to his lyrics about bedding Mariah Carey, Sarah Palin and eve...
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- zezel I'm a Fan of zezel 20 fans permalink

Well it's clever when he trashes women and Sarah Palin because Sarah Palin is soooo evil. Not.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:21 PM on 06/07/2009

Sarah Palin is decidedly evil. She lies, of course, since she's a republican. She keeps money and services from her actual constituency so that she can continue to perpetuate her personal delusion that she has any chance at all to win the presidency in 2012. NOT! NEVER! FUGGETABOUTIT.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:31 PM on 06/18/2009
- Badgirl I'm a Fan of Badgirl 9 fans permalink

PUNK'D by a punk ! Once again, Eminem proves he is the smartest guy in the room!!

As a tribute, there's only one question, "WILL THE REAL SLIM SHADY, PLEASE STAND UP? PLEASE STAND UP...?"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 AM on 06/06/2009
- anabelle I'm a Fan of anabelle 3 fans permalink
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How is a love scene in a movie a publicity stunt? And, I don't care what the writers say,
Eminem did NOT know that he was going to get a butt in his face...maybe it was staged
by MTV and 'Bruno' (love him by the way), it is just obvious that Eminem was not
amused. The way he looked up in sheer horror, he's not THAT good of an actor -
he was surprised, and angry. Why don't people just tell the truth and stop trying to
re-write history to sell some bogus explanation.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 AM on 06/06/2009
- DJ23 I'm a Fan of DJ23 12 fans permalink
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Maybe your dislike of Eminem(which is very obvious) makes you want it to be a prank on Eminem without his knowledge.

Maybe it's on a subconscious level. If it were another artist would you feel the same way?

I thought is was fishy right off because Eminem just sat while "Bruno" was SLOWLY lowered onto him.

His bodyguards didn't pulled Bruno off until he said so. I think they would react differently in a REAL situation like that.

I think your bias is clouding your ability to think logically.

It was staged. Now Eminem's album has retained the #1 billboard spot. Mission Accomplished.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:10 AM on 06/06/2009
- SILVANUS I'm a Fan of SILVANUS 47 fans permalink
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Honey, if its on the telly, it's scripted. Go work in the biz. You will see.

True for the news pretty much, too.

Oh, here come the warm jets. Duck.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:24 PM on 06/06/2009
- yesyesyes I'm a Fan of yesyesyes 2 fans permalink

"POLL"s like this are lame.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:58 AM on 06/06/2009

Sadly, as long as we continue to give credence to disgusting behavior, we will always be overwhelmed with Eminem/Bruno-type behavior. I have a really good sense of humor, but I wish this poll would have added one more step down to disgusting!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:05 PM on 06/05/2009
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So Elvis the second was rehearsing this, intreating, how many time can one person get tea bagged.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:45 PM on 06/05/2009

that one somewhat similar scene in Borat with the big friend has to be one of the funniest scenes ive ever scene.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:36 PM on 06/05/2009
- OtayPanky I'm a Fan of OtayPanky 66 fans permalink
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I guess it needs to be said again: There's no such thing as bad publicity.

This is all over the PuffHo (and the net) for how many days now?

That's a three pointer for Slim Shady.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 PM on 06/05/2009
- Lovelydaze I'm a Fan of Lovelydaze 4 fans permalink
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How boring is he?

Why does he make gimmicky music with dumb "current event" type videos? It's lame.

Plus, his latest video has events that are about a day late and a dollar short on being "new"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:02 PM on 06/05/2009
- topkatnc I'm a Fan of topkatnc 29 fans permalink
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What they did was so stupid...It makes them look better by thinking that is was not staged...I wonder just how long it took to come up with this ? ..so stupid....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:57 PM on 06/05/2009

Right. it was Em's stunt. and not the guy whose life is centered on being the guy who's an a- h_ o le.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:30 PM on 06/05/2009
- DJ23 I'm a Fan of DJ23 12 fans permalink
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"the guy whose life is centered on being the guy who's an a- h_ o le."

That could description could fit both of them.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:55 AM on 06/06/2009
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