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BM movie is anti-gay??
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Artiste on November 06, 2008, 07:43:19 pm ---Front-Ranger and others:
If Heath had been a gay man, openly a homosexual, wouldn't the Brokeback Mountian movie been more pro-gay ?
What do you think ?
Au revoir,
hugs!
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Heath was portraying a character Ennis. That does not mean he had to be a gay man or homosexual in real life. That is like saying an actor portraying a murderer in a movie has to be one in real life.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 05, 2008, 02:16:23 pm ---I don't see Brokeback Mountain as anti-gay, in fact, I see it as pro-gay, because both Ennis and Jack, the two gay characters in the movie, are the protagonists and are sympathetic characters. Even though they each have their flaws, by the end of the movie (on first glance, actually, for many of us) we love them and want them to be happy. The movie is a tragedy however, being a realistic portrayal of the challenges gay people face in the backward areas of Texas and Wyoming, then and even now, 50 years later. Just because the movie and story portray the real situation instead of an idealized fantasy doesn't make it anti-gay. I think it would be helpful if you saw another of Ang Lee's movies that is pro-gay The Wedding Banquet. You would like it, Artiste.
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you may disagree with me, but this leads me to the definition of "gay". were Jack and Ennis gay? not necessarily, certainly I believe that AP implied that Jack was killed because of his increasingly open search for homosex, but did either of them consider themselves as gay? probably not.
Artiste:
That may show that Annie was, by extension, showing that North America is or will be becoming Islamic ! ?
Many considered Ennis a straight, but would refuse to think of him being a homosexual, why ? - Because they want Ennis not being gay so not to have him killed, as musdered because they prefered gays to be murdered ?
It could be, since some even on Bettermost are anti-gay ! And many, many, on the internet about Brokeback Mountain are anti-gay, unfortunately !
And there si much more to be said... ?
Au revoir,
hugs!
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