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Article: "Brokeback Mountain Author Slams Movie's Fans"
Marge_Innavera:
Someone was bound to tag it as "refreshing" sooner or later but in this case she was talking about fans, not a fringe-though-fashionable religious group.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on September 20, 2008, 11:30:21 am ---Someone was bound to tag it as "refreshing" sooner or later but in this case she was talking about fans, not a fringe-though-fashionable religious group.
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So what? My point is that she is a blunt person who doesn't seem to give a hoot what people think. You can't expect her to be a delicate nurturer with BbM fans.
Marge_Innavera:
So what is that the first group you mentioned had nothing directly to do with her or her work.
She's certainly entitled to say what she wants, but fans are just as entitled and they're not required to sugar-coat her remarks. The Dixie Chick concept of free speech never works.
LauraGigs:
I tend to agree with Katie that the film (which is arguably much more engaging and fleshed out than the story) is what created the vast majority of Brokeback fans. Proulx's statement, "...they are bouncing off the film, not the story" is telling, and I think there may be irritation and maybe even a bit of jealousy there.
Obviously, Proulx planted the seed — the original concept from which Ossana and McMurtry worked for the brilliant screenplay. No Proulx, no Brokeback. But if fiction writers are riffing more off of the film (and I imagine 99.9999% of them are), Ms. Proulx would probably appreciate it if they sent their stuff to Ossana and McMurtry instead!
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on September 20, 2008, 11:45:42 am ---So what is that the first group you mentioned had nothing directly to do with her or her work.
She's certainly entitled to say what she wants, but fans are just as entitled and they're not required to sugar-coat her remarks. The Dixie Chick concept of free speech never works.
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I see your point but why expect her to change her personality when faced with obsessive fans. Even I've been embarrassed by the antics of some of them, the audience members dressed up in cowboy drag when Jake hosted SNL comes to mind. I guess I just don't take her comments personally because I'm not the one who's been harrassing her with god-awful fanfic (let's face it most of it is terrible), or pestered her about BbM at readings of her other work.
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