The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

ed and pink flowers add some oomph to Alma and Monroe's front porch.

[Sason]

odeo cowboy was what Jack aimed at, whilst Ennis was primarily a ranch hand.

[southendmd]

ebuffing Jack's advances, Jimbo retreated to his pool-playing buddies.

[Fran]

oberta Maxwell gives a stunning but brief performance as Jack's mother in Brokeback Mountain.

[Meryl]

oyally upset by his argument with Alma, Ennis made a quick exit, trepidatious of an even worse scene in front of Monroe and the girls.

[memento]

ebuffing Jack's advances with unwarranted self-importance, Jimbo retreated to his pool-playing buddies.

=aside= Paul
Thank you.

[Fran]

everse Shot writer Chris Wisniewski on Brokeback Mountain:

"Lee’s film tells the stories of two men:  Ennis (Ledger), who feels the burden of repression so strongly that he denies what he wants -- and, potentially, who he is -- and Jack (Gyllenhaal), who feels his identity with a force that cannot be contained. The film aligns itself completely with Ennis’s point of view (not insignificantly, he’s the top in the relationship), and so we see the climactic tragedy at its center through his eyes only. By making that choice, Lee’s film wallows in the very repression that paralyzes its protagonist. Artistically, that might be a valid choice, and it’s worked for Lee before. Politically, though, there’s something dangerous -- at the very least, we can admit, inadequate -- in the way Ennis and, eventually, the film seem to suggest that some things simply must be kept in the closet, for the price of doing otherwise would prove far too high. Gyllenhaal’s Jack Twist would almost certainly disagree -- indeed, with such fervor that he would stake his life on it -- but the film never really gives us that point of view. It’s Ennis’s voice that we hear almost exclusively, reminding us, 'If you can’t fix it, you just gotta stand it.' Fine. In the meantime, I’ll wait for a mainstream gay film that says something truly progressive and courageous, namely:  'If you can’t stand it, you just gotta fix it.'"

Get Over It:  Brokeback Mountain

[Fran]

Round 874!

We move along to the letter "S".

Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "S" and include an unplayed word.

"I thought Brokeback Mountain was around where he grew up. But knowing Jack,
it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."

A very active bluebird is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:

[southendmd]

tudying the amorousness of the couple on the stairs left Alma speechless.

=aside= Fran
That's a humdinger of a bluebird!

[Sason]

tone biscuit, the single result of Ennis's attempt to bake.