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Importance of the Jimbo Scene

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Brown Eyes:

Here are some pics of current day bull fighters and the PBR's most famous clown, Flint Rasmussen  (they also call him a "barrelman" sometimes).


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bullfighter on left, Flint the clown on right

Cool pictures of bull fighters working:

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A classic stance for a bull fighter during a ride.

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Helping a rider whose hand is stuck in his rope after being bucked off.

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Getting launched in the air in front of a bull as a rider dismounts.

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bullfighter standing out of the way, waiting for a ride to finish (the bull fighter here is Shorty Gorham and the rider is Brian Canter).


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Flint the clown

Katie77:
The more I read here the more "what if's" I think about.....

What if Jack was only buying a drink for Jimbo, thanking him for his help at the rodeo....a little bit like tipping a waiter for good service.

What if Jack was't even trying to flirt with him, and it was sincerely and honestly just a gesture of friendship, BUT because there may have been rumours about Jack, the rodeo clown rejected the drink because he didn't want to look like he was getting to friendly with the "likes" of Jack.

And maybe the anger Jack felt afterwards was more...."Christ, I cant even buy a bloke a drink, without them thinking Im trying to flirt with them"...

And then the following night with Laureen.....he thinks, "Well I'll show em, I like ladies"...

There are so many interpretations......

Brown Eyes:

I think there's so much suggestiveness and tension in the way that Jack looks at Jimbo, and even the way that Jimbo looks back that there's serious flirting going on, at least from Jack's side.

Jack's going through all the classic motions of picking someone up... finding an entree or pick-up line and then the cliche of buying a drink.  As a scene in the film, I personally really do think it's meant to demonstrate the frustrations Jack encounters when trying to find a male partner prior to the reunion.
To me it would seem strange for the filmmakers to go through the effort of showing an elaborate scene where Jack is just trying to become friends with the rodeo clown.

I think there's a ton of ambiguity in the Randall encounter about who's flirting with whom, and what Jack's reactions to Randall's attentions are.  I think there's less ambiguity in the Jimbo scene.  But, with almost all aspects of BBM there's certainly room for multiple interpretations.

To me, Jack's decision to hook up with Lureen is a form of giving up.  He may partially have done it to squash rumors that might have existed about him.   But, mostly I think it's a form of reluctant resignation to an expectation that society is foisting on him with the end result being a marriage of convenience and a child he doesn't want. The bartender's comment in the Lureen scene about how much money Lureen's family makes seems to sweeten the deal slightly for Jack in this decision for him.  For Jack, I think it's as much about the money as anything else.

Artiste:
You are all females making posts on this, and you have a different view than men do!

Not only a man, such a myself being gay, would be in Jack feet, and see Jimbo as being dangerous, besides insulting, but making an anti-gang also towards him!

Plus that bartender, insults him too !! Telling him to forget so-called adult men, but go after pups !!

It is obvious that Jack not only hears those bad insults, but feels now the present danger !!

This whole scene forecasts Jack's futur, being murdered by so-called adult straight con artists men !!

Katie77:
Amanda, I agree with you on the interpretation of the scene entirely.

My previous post was just a "what if" kind of post, but not what I really believed happened.

Isnt it amazing how so many scenes can be inerpretted in so many ways.....

This has been a very interesting thread....ive done a lot of soul searching, while contributing to it.

Maybe you should start a smiliar one on the Randall and Jack scene.

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