The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

"In her no-nonsense style, Annie Proulx said of Brokeback Mountain, 'It is a story of destructive rural homophobia.'  Throughout the film we are witnesses to the panoramic views of homophobia ruining lives -- physically, emotionally, economically, and socially.  This drives the drama and pathos of Brokeback Mountain.  Ennis and Jack store it in their bodies like ammunition ready for battle or self-destruction.  Their internalized self-hatred stifles hope, feeds their fears, blurs the lines between intimacy and violence, isolates them from each other, from the world, and from themselves. In a poignant conversation on Brokeback, Ennis says to Jack, 'Bottom line, we’re around each other and this thing grabs on to us again in the wrong place, wrong time, and we’ll be dead.'  In the midst of an unsafe time and culture, Brokeback Mountain was their only place of refuge, a mountainous theme looming over every scene."

-- Dr. David Jenkins, "Epiphany on Brokeback Mountain"     

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw[/youtube]

[southendmd]

At the end of the dozy embrace flashback, older Jack is filled with woefulness, for he's gone away.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcNf2gR3BhI&feature=related[/youtube]

=farewell=
Dear friend Rich, I'll miss you.

[Fran]

Round 884!

The     - - -   Round!

In honor of 's birthday
each post in this round will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "P", "A", "U", or "L"
and include an unplayed word.

Please be sure to start each post with a birthday candle:

[Meryl]

ut simply, for Ennis "Little darlin'" was akin to saying "I love you."

=aside=Paul

Have a great one, Bud!  

[memento]

fter Thanksgiving dinner, Alma had a bone to pick with Ennis and called his bluff about his "fishing trips" with "Jack Nasty."

=aside= aul

Hope there are lots of "fishing trips" in the years ahead.

[Fran]

atricia Cuccia and Catherine Davis are listed as set decorators in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.

=aside= aul

[southendmd]

atricia Cuccia and Catherine Davis are listed as set decorators in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.

=thank you= Fran, Sandy and Meryl
Wow!  Such a nice surprise today.
Boston Terriers, herring cakes and elephants for my birthday!

[memento]

Fischer: Why Brokeback Mountain after this?

Jake Gyllenhaal: I did Brokeback Mountain before I did this movie so, frankly you don’t say no to Ang Lee and you don’t say no to Sam Mendes and you beg both of them no matter what you’re doing in either of the movies, whether you’re wearing a Santa cap over your dick or whether you’re making love to Heath Ledger, you just don’t say no to them. I think that the short story of Brokeback Mountain and the book of Jarhead are just two of the most kind of extraordinary pieces of literature.

Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain & Jarhead Interview

[Sason]

fter the Thanksgiving dinner, Alma called Ennis on the lies about the fishing trips.





=aside=
Happy birthday in advance,

I found a nice present in a nice wrapping for you

[southendmd]

fter inviting Ennis into the tent, Jack began to grabble about, and eventually found Ennis's hand.

=thanks= Sonja
That's quite an elephant; I hope he doesn't have any tusks.