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Who would you like to have played in the Movie?
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: milomorris on July 12, 2011, 12:06:24 am ---I'm very glad that you asked this question. The answer is very likely. I've never visited Riverton, Childress, Lightning Flat, or Sage. So I cannot vouch for the ethnic make-up of these towns. But one thing Brokeback did to me was to ignite a curiosity about blacks in the American West. During an opera gig in Houston in 2006, I paid a visit to the Buffalo Soldier Museum. It was amazing. There were all kinds of art and artifacts depicting and detailing the lives of African Americans in the western states both before and after Emancipation. It was an eye-opening experience. Ranch work was at the top of the job list for black men out there, especially in Kansas which was a slave state.
Additionally, I lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for most of 1991. While there I was confronted with the fact that blacks are a secondary minority to Mexicanos in that part of the country. My conversations with blacks from the small towns in the interior and western part of the state revealed that if you were black in these places, everybody knew who you were whether you knew them or not.
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Thanks for the info, Milo; I'm fascinated! I've always been curious about this subject, but I've never had a chance to research it. Thanks, again! :)
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: shakesthecoffeecan on July 12, 2011, 05:59:49 pm ---
I think you would make an awesome Newsome!
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Aww, thanks so much! :-*
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 12, 2011, 06:35:05 pm ---I agree. Lureen is a much more interesting character.
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Playing Lureen would certainly be a challenge. I'm not as outgoing and ambitious as she is.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 12, 2011, 06:35:05 pm ---I agree. Lureen is a much more interesting character.
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She has much more interesting hair than Alma, too. ;) ;D
Ellemeno:
Hm, if gender, ethnicity and age don't matter, then let's say inhibitions don't matter either. I'd play Cassie.
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