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Jack was maligned unfairly
brokebackjack:
To tell ya the truth I think Ennis just knew it was some goddayumed god awful harmonica playin and wished that harmonica had broke in two when the mare threw him, to spair EDM's ears.
That was some lousy marmonica playin JT did. We malign him fairly!
annie was correct, the man was marginally skilled.......
BBM-Cat:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 22, 2007, 04:30:48 pm ---
Poor Jack.
:(
I think it's sort of easy to see him as a bit of a puppy that gets kicked a lot (so to speak). His Dad is mean to him, Ennis is hard to deal with (at least sometimes), L.D. is mean to him, the customers at the tractor dealership (and probably by extension a lot of people in Childress) are mean to him, etc. This is on top of the sad notion that most of Jack's ideas/ dreams "never came to pass." And then he dies young (either by murder or by horrible accident!!
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Sure, and we all hate to see Jack be treated that way. Getting more into the psychology of Jack though - how much of the mistreatment by others could he have deflected or changed? In some ways because of his unassertive nature, Jack was the "puppy that gets kicked a lot" so to speak. I hate to say he allowed it, but in a way he did. I really saw Jack develop his assertiveness though, throughout the movie with the culmination at the FLS. Perhaps Jack's ideas/dreams 'never came to pass' because he lacked follow-through and self-confidence (yes, he was confident in some things but not the 'biggies' - his ideas/dreams). Maybe he had a self-fulfilling expectation of failure- and maybe others saw this in him too.
Front-Ranger:
Maybe you're right...but look at the facts: Jack had a successful marriage and was a good father, even tho he never wanted to get married or have kids. Jack was successful financially, and was a good businessman, and the best combine salesman they had. He regularly made the long trip back to the godforesaken wilderness of Wyoming to visit his parents and look after their needs. He got his teeth fixed LOL. He went to charity fundraisers. He stopped to help people stranded by the side of the road. He rescued fair maidens whose husbands were too busy oogling him to dance. He...
I won't be happy until you all say in unison JACK WAS MALIGNED UNFAIRLY!! 8)
Oh, and you know who actually played that harmonica? It was Gustavo!
brokebackjack:
Only for LEE:
JACK WAS MALIGNED UNFAIRLY
He was a world class harmonica player.
{ on the non debatable side, he was a good man, he loved his boyfriend so much it destroyed him, he was handsome, he had a good good heart; Jack loved his son, liked his wife, told LD to drop dead and last but not least I also hear he was hung like the proverbial horse. }
Front-Ranger:
hehe, bbjack, I was just writing about how Jack was like a horse, but I didn't think of that one! (Who cares with that tongue of his!!) Go look at this:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,1039.msg172121.html#msg172121
oh, and if you go back one page you can also read more on the harmonica issue written by our FRiend EDelMar!!
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