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The true reason
dly64:
--- Quote from: goadra on August 09, 2006, 11:52:39 pm ---By the way, the <nns> were 25 and 50.
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Okay ... I fit into that demographic as well. But, Katherine is right .... it could have strecthed much further (in both directions).
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: goadra on August 09, 2006, 11:52:39 pm ---“Though what 'Brokeback Mountain' amounts to, in effect, is female-targeted emotional pornography...”
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I'm sorry (not really, actually), but what a dumbass. Is he talking about Brokeback Mountain or Under the Tuscan Sun? Good grief.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on August 10, 2006, 04:39:42 pm ---I'm sorry (not really, actually), but what a dumbass. Is he talking about Brokeback Mountain or Under the Tuscan Sun? Good grief.
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Barb, it's a she: Meghan Daum, an essayist and lately, apparently, a columnist for the LA Times (this appeared on their op-ed page). She's writing from her own perspective. That is, that's how she responded to it (though I think she's being a tiny bit tongue-in-cheek in that quote).
Daum -- who is a good writer, BTW; I've got a collection of her essays -- focuses on how women appreciate the movie's emotional aspects, doesn't talk much about its other qualities. But to give her the benefit of the doubt, she seems to have liked the movie a lot and that probably wasn't the only reason why. See the link above, if you're interested in reading the whole piece.
You're right, that probably is an accurate description of Under the Tuscan Sun. Didn't work for me, though. Where were the hot young actors smooching? :laugh:
Momof2:
I definitely do not consider BBM porn. Obviously he has not seen any good porn. I do know gay people but I do not think that is why this movie haunts me. It touched me as a human not necessarily as a woman. I would have liked to have seen a lot more of the two hunky actors smooching. Maybe our hearts and minds would not be so obsessed with Jack and Ennis. Who cares what he thinks.
nakymaton:
--- Quote ---“Though what 'Brokeback Mountain' amounts to, in effect, is female-targeted emotional pornography...”
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Maybe she should have called it "emotional erotica." ;)
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