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How would Lureen have reacted if she had caught JACK

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Brown Eyes:
This is a great topic for a thread!  I think our best clue is her reaction during the phone call (as has been suggested above).

I also think her reaction might have been different at different points in time.  Maybe if she had found out when they were all really young, her response might have been more explosive.  By the time we see her at the dinner with Randall and LaShawn, we can see her cynicism has taken on a more subtle tone... not explosive but subtly bitter.  If she had somehow outright caught Jack with Ennis, it's truly hard to predict her reaction.  But, again, it would probably depend on the point of time in the relationship.

I think her response on the phone is somewhat encouraging.  She did Ennis an enormous kindness in telling him about the ashes (and encouraging him to go get them) and in telling him that brokeback was Jack's favorite place (although she may not understand quite the significance of this herself).

bbm_stitchbuffyfan:
It is in my interpretation in the phone scene that she comes to understand the significance of Brokeback being Jack's favorite place. (That's one of the movie's most moving scenes for me.) I think the whole revelation here overwhelmed her, but I think she felt sympathetic for the both of them. I don't think Lureen would have been as hostile toward Jack as Alma was Ennis; I definitely think she would have kept it under wraps.

Katie77:

--- Quote from: bbm_stitchbuffyfan on December 31, 2006, 05:00:32 pm --- I don't think Lureen would have been as hostile toward Jack as Alma was Ennis; I definitely think she would have kept it under wraps.

--- End quote ---

Do you really think, Alma was "hostile" towards Ennis?.....she kept her secret of knowing quite a long time, obviously bottled it all up, and it was probably the straw that broke the camel's back as far as any chance that her marriage would survive, but it seems like a few years had passed before she finaly went "hostile" after the thanksgiving dinner....I think then, she felt "safe" being able to say something, she was now remarried, pregnant and was not as afraid of the repercussions of bringing it out into the open, as she would have been if she was still living with Ennis......I think she was remarkable, that she held it in for as long as she did...

If you notice what was said, between her and Ennis before she started on the "Jack Nasty" thing....she said to Ennis he should get married again, and his reply was "Once bitten"...which was a smart arse way of saying that SHE was the one who had turned him off women.....letting him know that she knew about him and Jack, was her way of saying, "its not my fault, have a look at what you have been doing"......and "I know too, what you have been doing"......she was letting him know, that she had no guilts about their marriage failing, and she wasnt going to let him blame her....she didnt threaten him with exposure or anything, she just wanted him to know that she knew, finally........

BBM-Cat:
This really is a great question to consider. I always imagine that if Lureen actually caught Jack and Ennis together, let's say, in an intimate or a compromising situation she would probably initially diffuse the situation by saying something clever and snippy like, 'Why Jack, I didn't know you were still riding bulls!' or, 'Jack, I just figured out why you never like to dance with your wife!'.  Then we'd probably hear 'An Angel went up in Flames' in the background...as she mutters to herself...asks for a divorce...storms off...Jack and Ennis comically trying to extricate themselves...LOL

Katie77:
This is a good subject of discussion, and now I guess there are another question:

1....What do you think Ennis and Jack would have done if they had looked up and saw Alma looking at them thru the door??????????


My thought is that Ennis would have ran for his life, and Jack would have followed, trying to settle him down, and telling him that "maybe this is best, now she knows, we can be together"..................

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