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TOTW 01/08: Do you think Jack was murdered or was it an accident?
brokebackjack:
Lureen, Artiste, becomes increasingly bitter and disappointed due to her marriage with a man who just wants to be her buddy. She wants to be proud of Jack yet...remember the scene in the film where the young Lureen is at her desk and the 2 ranchers are there buying a tractor? They see Jack and mock him. She gives up something at that point.
Also Lureen's increasing sadness is shown by her HAIR. When jack meets her she is a spontaneous fun loving Texas Rodeo Queen. NO hair color. By the time of the scene I described, she has traces of blonde...she is becoming bitter, closing down. The blonder she gets,m the more dissapointed she is. The heavier her makeup, the heavier her MASK.
That mask slips during the telephone call and the REAL Lureen comes out, the spontaneous girl who loved Jack but was not loved in return.
She is as big a victim of rural homophobia as Jack and zEnnis
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: brokebackjack on January 17, 2008, 03:31:24 am ---
She is as big a victim of rural homophobia as Jack and zEnnis
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exactly, the families, and loved ones of men and women forced into the closet by homophobia rural or otherwise are also victims.
Artiste:
Thanks brokeplex, thanks brokenbackjack!!
Brokeplex, quoting you:
--- Quote ---exactly, the families, and loved ones of men and women forced into the closet by homophobia rural or otherwise are also victims.
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Brokeplex, so you think then that Jack was indeed in the closet with Lureen??
Do you consider Lureen too in the closet? How?? With or without Jack??
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Brokebackjack, quoting you:
--- Quote ---Lureen, Artiste, becomes increasingly bitter and disappointed due to her marriage with a man who just wants to be her buddy. She wants to be proud of Jack yet...remember the scene in the film where the young Lureen is at her desk and the 2 ranchers are there buying a tractor? They see Jack and mock him. She gives up something at that point.
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Brokebackjack, so you think what she gives up then??
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Hugs, hugs!!
brokebackjack:
she gives up a young woman's hopes for the man she loves, and begins to die inside.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Artiste on January 17, 2008, 10:11:36 pm ---
Brokeplex, so you think then that Jack was indeed in the closet with Lureen??
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Well the smart thing would have been for Jack to let her know at some point in time. I am convinced now that Lureen was pregnant with someone elses baby when she married Jack. The marriage was shall we say arranged. But I don't think that the film or the ss support the notion that Jack told Lureen about his sexuality.
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