Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5576298 times)

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"Q" is quasi-mystical
« Reply #7130 on: September 06, 2006, 01:16:20 pm »
"You could say that simply depicting this hillbilly heaven accurately is itself an unsettling criticism, yet the effect, again, is to make it seem, in many ways, admirable—its unflagging work ethic, its quasi-mystical connection to harvest, soil, livestock, and weather." West of Eden by Gary Indiana of the Village Voice. The Voice
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"R" is regretful
« Reply #7131 on: September 06, 2006, 01:31:07 pm »
Ennis had a regretful countenance in the last scene of the film.

=aside=
I am also regretful at the departure of our friend Toast.
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"S" is Stonewall
« Reply #7132 on: September 06, 2006, 01:35:55 pm »
"'Brokeback' is set in an era before the Stonewall [Rebellion] and in an inhospitable locale, which heightens the tension and conflict."
-- Rob Lowman, L.A. Daily News [link]
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"T" is tongue-in-cheek
« Reply #7133 on: September 06, 2006, 01:39:53 pm »
Ennis gave Jack a tongue-in-cheek reply when he said: "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."
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"U" is urinary
« Reply #7134 on: September 06, 2006, 01:50:43 pm »
Before flicking his belt buckle, Jack made a urinary deposit in the grass.

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"V" is verbosity
« Reply #7135 on: September 06, 2006, 01:57:44 pm »
LaShawn is the best example of verbosity in this movie.
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"W" is worms
« Reply #7136 on: September 06, 2006, 01:59:14 pm »
Alma opened up a can of worms at Thanksgiving dinner when she asked Ennis about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist/Nasty.
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"X" is xcursionary
« Reply #7137 on: September 06, 2006, 02:09:55 pm »
Jack and Ennis indulged in an xcursionary dalliance two, three times a year.

=aside= Sandy
Your double-entendres slay me!

=response= Paul
Thanks, but I'm really a very nonviolent person.
Sandy
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"Y" is Y-axis
« Reply #7138 on: September 06, 2006, 02:20:30 pm »
In the "no business but ours" scene where Jack meets Ennis up on the mountain, Jack is arranged along the X-axis, while Ennis stands, and then crouches, along the Y-axis.
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"Z" is zealants
« Reply #7139 on: September 06, 2006, 03:09:58 pm »
Both Jack and Ennis are zealants when it comes to their "fishing" trips:  Jack is willing to make a 14-hour drive to Wyoming from Texas a couple of times a year to be with Ennis while Ennis is willing to quit his jobs on short notice to be with Jack.

zealant = one who is zealous
zealous = intensely devoted
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