Bruno's GQ Shoot Irks the LAUSD

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Remember that photoshoot in this month's GQ, wherein Bruno prances about with a beefy football team wearing little more than metallic hot pants and shoulder pads? Well, turns out the shoot took place at LA's Birmingham High School with real-life students—and, naturally, school officials haven't exactly framed the shots for their trophy cases.

Local superintendent Jean Brown told LA Now that she found "the 'nature of the poses' to be inappropriate," going on to say "Local District 1, on behalf of Birmingham, is very embarrassed by what has happened, and very disappointed in the judgment that allowed the students to participate in this activity.” What do you think—a justified uproar, or an overreaction to harmless comedy?
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