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Discongruency in Brokeback Mountain
brokebackjack:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 17, 2007, 03:08:34 pm ---Where to begin? I guess Aguirre is as good a place as any.
After the descent from the mountain, Aguirre looked at the flock and said, "Some a these never went up there with you." So, there were some extra sheep. But then it says that the count was not what he'd hoped for either. Meaning, the count of the sheep was lower than it should have been? Go figure.
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Well the paint was so worn it was hard to tell; the BREEDS were mixed. There are different breeds of sheep, noticeable instantly to sheepmen. He meant literally some of these never went up there with you, they were another breed of sheep. Least that's what I get.
I'm confused by discongruities Lee, thought it meant editing etc, obvious flaws. Is that what you mean here?
Front-Ranger:
No, congruency means, in harmony, in agreement, and conforming to the circumstances or requirements of a situation. So discongrencies in the movie/story would be sayings or actions that are not in harmony or agreement with the situation or what we would expect. I was thinking of calling this Discongruency and Contradictions in BBM, but decided that would be too long. More examples will follow shortly.
Front-Ranger:
The music in Brokeback Mountain epitomizes the discongruencies of the story perfectly with its interspersed harmonic and dissonant chords. Just think of the first notes of the movie: two high notes sounded almost together that complement and yet clash with each other.
Front-Ranger:
That was a good point about the breeds of sheep, Jack. I am often puzzled by how those sheep got all the way from Chile to the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, LOL, but there must be a good 'spalnation for it.
Another discongruency that's always interested me is the phrase "the two of them in the euphoric bitter air." Can something be euphoric and bitter at the same time? I'm trying to imagine it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 30, 2007, 01:18:10 pm ---Another discongruency that's always interested me is the phrase "the two of them in the euphoric bitter air." Can something be euphoric and bitter at the same time? I'm trying to imagine it.
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I think of euphoric as a mood, and, in this case, bitter as a flavor -- a challenging, yet bracing and refreshing flavor. But you're right, bitter can be a mood, too, and in that sense is pretty much the opposite of euphoric.
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