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Scene 1: Jack getting out of pickup
squashcourt:
Ennis stealing a quick glance at Jack.
Jack glancing inquisitively at Ennis.
I'm still debatting with myself if this is not their first mutual attraction towards one another.
David:
Jack was definately checking out Ennis. I think Jack knew he liked boys alot earlier. Probably one of the reasons he left home so young.
Ennis did glance over at Jack, but purely out of curiousity of seeing who his competition for the job was.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on January 08, 2007, 02:42:51 pm ---Jack was definately checking out Ennis. I think Jack knew he liked boys alot earlier. Probably one of the reasons he left home so young.
Ennis did glance over at Jack, but purely out of curiousity of seeing who his competition for the job was.
--- End quote ---
Essentially I agree with David. Jack is clearly cruising Ennis.
For myself, however, I don't conceptualize Ennis's behavior as checking out the competition for the job, but this is one of those places where I'm guilty of allowing Annie Proulx' story to inform my interpretation of what's happening on the screen. Despite Joe Aguirre's line about the pair of deuces "lookin' for work," per the story, I believe they already had their jobs and had been told to report to Joe Aguirre in Signal at that time. So I conceptualize Ennis's behavior as just being curious about this other guy with whom he probably was going to be working that summer but being too shy and unsocialized to go over and say hello.
Toast:
I think Jack was sizing up Ennis, even flirting with him
but Ennis was being more practiical, Like Jeff Wrangler, I don't think Ennis saw Jack as competition since they had already come together on paper.
I think Ennis was sizing up if this guy was going to pull his own weight and be a good work partner.
And like Jeff said "but being too shy and unsocialized to go over and say hello."
serious crayons:
I think they both already knew they were working together. So part of both their glances was natural curiosity about the guy they'd be spending the summer with.
Beyond that, Jack was overtly checking Ennis out. Ennis wasn't checking Jack out in the same way, but he probably looked at Jack, subconsciously found him attractive, subconsciously reminded himself that was a no-no, and made himself look away immediately.
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