Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5604335 times)

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"M" is mooning
« Reply #11840 on: March 15, 2007, 02:04:50 pm »
Jack and Ennis spend nights and days mooning for each other's affection - before and after TS1.

def - To yearn or pine as if infatuated.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 02:10:54 pm by Toast »

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"N" is nightcap
« Reply #11841 on: March 15, 2007, 02:58:24 pm »
Ennis joined Jack for a nightcap prior to TS1, but he took his hat off once inside the tent.

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"O" is omitted
« Reply #11842 on: March 15, 2007, 03:13:16 pm »
When writing and revising the BBM screenplay, McMurtry and Ossana omitted story Jack's "gun's goin' off" exclamation.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 03:18:56 pm by Fran »

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"P" is perfectly
« Reply #11843 on: March 15, 2007, 03:33:06 pm »
According to Annie Proulx, Ennis performed perfectly:  "with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed."
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 03:36:29 pm by Toast »

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"R" is readily
« Reply #11844 on: March 15, 2007, 03:38:46 pm »
Jack readily succumbed to Ennis's perfect performance.

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"S" is screwed
« Reply #11845 on: March 15, 2007, 04:18:44 pm »
After Ennis screwed up his courage, he performed perfectly.

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"T" is touching
« Reply #11846 on: March 15, 2007, 04:35:20 pm »
Tent Scene One is probably the most touching, perfectly performed scene in Brokeback Mountain.

=compliment= Sandy
Good Great one.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 04:50:50 pm by Toast »

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"U" is unflinchingly
« Reply #11847 on: March 15, 2007, 04:41:53 pm »
Tent Scene Two is the most unflinchingly romantic, perfectly performed scene in Brokeback Mountain.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 04:45:34 pm by southendmd »

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"V" is vocalized
« Reply #11848 on: March 15, 2007, 04:42:45 pm »
In the story Jack vocalized his satisfaction with Ennis' perfect perfomance by saying:  "Gun's goin' off."

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« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 04:49:49 pm by Memento »

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"W" is willpower
« Reply #11849 on: March 15, 2007, 04:54:23 pm »
Ennis mustered all his willpower and gave a perfect performance.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2007, 04:59:32 pm by Toast »