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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #40 on: March 09, 2007, 11:46:16 am »
correct me if I am wrong but didn't the Brandon Teena murder take place in Omaha, Nebraska?


I'm not sure about the Omaha part (memory failure), but, yes, it did take place in Nebraska. I read about it in (where else?) The New Yorker long before the film was made.

(I haven't seen the film. In the movie, did they change the setting to Texas?)
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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #41 on: March 09, 2007, 02:01:10 pm »
correct me if I am wrong but didn't the Brandon Teena murder take place in Omaha, Nebraska?


According to Wikipedia it happened in Falls City, Nebraska.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena
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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2007, 02:04:53 pm »
It's called The Bluest Eyes in Texas, and it was performed by Nina Persson and Nathan Larson.  The movie does have a soundtrack.




Thanks so much!

In fact, probably because of this song, I thought the story of "Boys Don't Cry" had taken place in Texas, when it really happened in Nebraska! That's why I was going on about Texas in my OP. Sorry, forget about it!
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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2007, 02:06:36 pm »
you have no idea how many people have pooh poohed me when I have expressed fear living here...deep in the heart of the dead woods. Wednesday a young black man was dragged from a SUV because he is dating a white girl...they say he lost his nose, cheek and eye.

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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #44 on: March 09, 2007, 02:15:01 pm »
you have no idea how many people have pooh poohed me when I have expressed fear living here...deep in the heart of the dead woods. Wednesday a young black man was dragged from a SUV because he is dating a white girl...they say he lost his nose, cheek and eye.

Do you mean in TEXAS???
Louise said it, it actually took place in Nebraska, but the song "the bluest eyes in Texas" made me think the story occurred there.
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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #45 on: March 09, 2007, 02:18:14 pm »
Do you mean in TEXAS???
Louise said it, it actually took place in Nebraska, but the song "the bluest eyes in Texas" made me think the story occurred there.

yes I live in Texas....but I really was talking about living in one of these small enclaves out here in the middle of the country where the bigots inbreed...

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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #46 on: March 09, 2007, 02:25:45 pm »
sometimes it feels like we are on two different planets. not just a hour or two away. The law out here depends on who you know and how long you have lived here.


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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #47 on: March 09, 2007, 03:42:12 pm »
yes I live in Texas....but I really was talking about living in one of these small enclaves out here in the middle of the country where the bigots inbreed...

I think there are still some "white-only" communities in the South to date, am I right Jess?
I won't be entirely surprised either.


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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #48 on: March 09, 2007, 03:51:25 pm »
I think there are still some "white-only" communities in the South to date, am I right Jess?
I won't be entirely surprised either.

In Virginia I do not know of any, perhaps is the mountains in SW part of the state.
I have heard of places in Arkansas that are all white, a friend of mine is from one of them.
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Re: Didn't any boy cry? This girl certainly did...
« Reply #49 on: March 09, 2007, 07:23:55 pm »
I think there are still some "white-only" communities in the South to date, am I right Jess?
I won't be entirely surprised either.

well the signs outside of town are gone....the attitude remains. and that goes for gays too...