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Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« on: April 02, 2008, 10:04:51 pm »
Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2008, 10:12:37 pm »
Maybe?

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2008, 06:11:56 am »
Very difficult to say, because as far as we know, she knows nothing of Ennis's "secret life" and it's not a conversation that ever comes up in BBM with her, but I'd hazard a guess at no.


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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2008, 09:49:32 am »
She must know something... came to feel something about that??

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 10:41:29 am »
I think Cassie is totally clueless when it comes to Ennis.  She says it herself at the bus station:  "I don't get you, Ennis del Mar."  She doesn't know that Ennis loves Jack; she just knows that Ennis doesn't love her.

Clearly, Cassie was in love with Ennis and wanted to be his wife.  Ennis broke her heart when he stopped all contact with her.  She never got an explanation from him.  She had no idea why he suddenly stopped calling her and ignored her notes.  I think it was an awful way to break up with someone, especially since both Ennis and Cassie lived in the same small town and were bound to run into each other at some point.

But getting back to your original question, no, Cassie was not homophobic.

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 10:59:38 am »
I don't think we have any indication at all that Cassie was homophobic. 

Where her character is concerned, I don't think that the topic of homosexuality ever even comes up or crosses her mind.  The drama with Ennis from her point of view, I think has to do with the basic issue of rejection and heartbreak.  There's no reason to believe that she had any idea that Ennis was gay, so there doesn't seem to be a way to apply the concept of homophobia here.



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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2008, 11:10:07 am »
Before I answer both of you (Elaine and atz),

may I remind you that it took how many months for Alma to figure out that Jack was Ennis's lover (her husband)??

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2008, 11:12:13 am »
Well, Alma is very different from Cassie in terms of perspective and knowledge of the situation.

I don't think Cassie ever knows that Ennis is gay and she probably doesn't even know that Jack exists.  It seems likely that Cassie never even heard Jack's name.


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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2008, 11:13:06 am »
How long did Cassie go out with Ennis?

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Re: Was Cassie in the Brokeback Mountain movie homophobic?
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2008, 11:29:40 am »
She seems to have dated him for a very long time.  As we all know the timeline of BBM is very confusing.  But, it seems possible that she dated him for up to 4 years (if I'm remembering previous discussions about this correctly).  Based on related clues within the timeline, it also seems possible that Jack dated Randall for the same amount of time- 4-ish years.

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