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Joe Aguirre: what do you think of this character as portrayed in the movie?

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Artiste:
Thanks atz75, thanks moremojo,  thanks injest, and thanks ineedcrayons!!!!

Boy, I sure like your descriptions and thoughts here about Aguirre.

May I pose this question: Why is Aguirre called: Joe?

And here is another way to see maybe Aguirre: start by thinking that he is a gay or bi man; would that make you think differently why he hires Jack a first time? A second time?? Why he hires Ennis to be with Jack??

In the movie, one sure thing is that Aguirre finds Jack cute?? Right?? (Of course, Annie does not describe Jack as that cute but as buck tooth?)

At least, Aguirre teases Jack, since he knows that Jack and Ennis have mutual fun together (since he saw them playing like adolescent kids, and Ennis fall on Jack; as  mutual acts)!! So... is Aguiire also mutually having such gay or bi fun by teasing then Jack (who is somewhat at that moment on the somewhat bottom of the mountain ( a lower plateau), while he (Aguirre) looks up at Ennis who is on the way up top of the mountain ( a higher plateau) ??

Anyway, I am anxious for you to think that Aguirre is maybe gay or bi firstly and so hire Jack (who is cute to him), and then Jack and Ennis as a possible couple??

Hugs!!

brokeplex:

--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on December 14, 2007, 09:01:51 pm ---That's how I interpret him, too -- as the guy who was hired to hire the guys who tend the sheep. The actual sheep-owner, I think, would be fancier.



--- End quote ---

Aguirre could be owner or a partner in a small operation, making small profits and not living an ostentatious lifestyle. He could also be just a salaried bonused foreman fronting for the actual investors. My hunch is that he is the actual owner. The office was too personalized for it to be just company property, I loved the sign above the front door, "Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again" or something close to that!!! My dad had a sign similar to that posted on some of his property when I was a kid.

Front-Ranger:
I just figured out who Aguirre must have been talking to on the phone (is this the thread where that question was asked?) I now believe it was someone who had worked there last summer with Jack and wanted to come back. But with Ennis standing there before him, Aguirre was saying "Not on your f**kin life!"

brokeplex:
I think that Jack worked alone in the previous summer.

Actually, I think that Aguirre intercepted a 1963 version of a telemarketing call. Probably someone asking him for a charitable donation, maybe the Sierra Club's Wyoming chapter was having a fund raiser.

Artiste:
Thanks all of you!!

You sure bring up an interesting idea Front-Ranger in saying this: I just figured out who Aguirre must have been talking to on the phone (is this the thread where that question was asked?) I now believe it was someone who had worked there last summer with Jack and wanted to come back. But with Ennis standing there before him, Aguirre was saying "Not on your f**kin life!"


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Front-Ranger: I would not be surprised that much by that!! To me, likely so... maybe!! Any proof of this by Annie's book?
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Brokeplex, what makes you think that Jack worked alone that previous Summer?? I know that I did think that too, but any proof in the movie or book??
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And, may I repose my question: Why is Aguirre named: Joe??

Hugs to you and to all!! And Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas and Holidays!!

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