Scene Discussion: Enter the Harmonica

[Front-Ranger]

So far no one has posted (maybe just hadn't yet taken the time to scan it!) the wonderful composite print Adam created to be enclosed with each harmonica given out at the BBQ . . . So here goes:

Mine just happened to have 2 prints folded in, just like a double fortune cookie -- lucky me!!!

Say I have a couple of questions about that photo...First, do you think Ennis said either or neither? I recall it was Jack who said "me neither." (But I forget where). Also, why is Jack just chillin with his harmonica while Ennis is setting up the camp all on his own, hmmm???

[Jeff Wrangler]

Say I have a couple of questions about that photo...First, do you think Ennis said either or neither? I recall it was Jack who said "me neither." (But I forget where). Also, why is Jack just chillin with his harmonica while Ennis is setting up the camp all on his own, hmmm???

The famous Jack "Me neither" is the response to Ennis's "You know I ain't queer."

[RodneyFL]

Right you are, Jeff, with the "Me neither" line. . . took place in between FNIT and SNIT up on the mountain
"One shot thing we got going on here"
"Nobody's business but ours"
"You know I ain't queer"
"Me neither"
. . . Here is the re-creation, soon to be made available on video by the fabulous Fritzkep:

[Front-Ranger]

The famous Jack "Me neither" is the response to Ennis's "You know I ain't queer."

That's right! And so, it is a mirror to the scene in the picture! Because they both are agreeing that they "ain't quite right" and Ennis is joking that he'd a been "better off" if  Jack had "broke in two."  

[RodneyFL]

In answer to your second question about why was Jack lying down playing the harmonica while Ennis was still fussing with the tent . . . Jack had apparently finished his share of camp setup (fire pit and cooking facility), water, food storage, while Ennis put up the tent, and it took him a while longer . . . just a thought!

[Front-Ranger]

Thanks, Rodney! If no one minds, I'd like to split off these comments about the picture into the Open Forum and continue the discussion there. Is that okay with you all? (I feel the urge to use my moderator powers once in a while, just so I don't get rusty!)

[LauraGigs]

Also, why is Jack just chillin with his harmonica while Ennis is setting up the camp all on his own, hmmm???

They probably set up camp together, then Jack chilled with the harmonica. You can tell by the light it's early evening, about time for Ennis to head back up to the pup tent with the sheep. But he's hanging out & fussing with the tent, even though he's not supposed to be sleeping there. 

(He'd have denied he's queer with his last macho breath, but his unconscious is giving him away here. Yet another precursor to TS1—which people claim "came out of nowhere" LOL.)

[Jeff Wrangler]

(I feel the urge to use my moderator powers once in a while, just so I don't get rusty!)

Use 'em or lose 'em, Little Darlin'! 

[Front-Ranger]

They probably set up camp together, then Jack chilled with the harmonica. You can tell by the light it's early evening, about time for Ennis to head back up to the pup tent with the sheep. But he's hanging out & fussing with the tent, even though he's not supposed to be sleeping there. 

(He'd have denied he's queer with his last macho breath, but his unconscious is giving him away here. Yet another precursor to TS1—which people claim "came out of nowhere" LOL.)

That makes sense because there is no fire...and Ennis's horseblanket and saddle are propped up ready to be used.

Okay, Jeff, you encouraged me...I hope I don't get carried away like Cate Blanchett did in Lord of the Rings!!

[Front-Ranger]

Now where were we...question about your post, Rodney...isn't putting up a tent kind of a two-man thing? Maybe Ennis was hinting that he wanted Jack to get up off his pockets and into the zone, the tent setup zone!