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Would it have worked? Merged with "Would a SWEET LIFE ever have been possible?"
rtprod:
All great stories are about love and loss.
Thankfully life doesn't always follow suit.
rt
Kd5000:
I thought that the neighbors might have been a bit more tolerant if Jack Twist had taken over his dad's ranch. That's John Twist's son and his friend (euphemism in many parts of the country) who own that place. Whether small scale ranches were feasible or whether their going the way of the passenger pigeon is quite possible. Economics of scale, you know.
Can they have had a sweet life together, given the social environment of 1967 WY is of course an answer I can't give. I wasn't around in 67 but I can imagine it being a very repressive environment. Sure, adults in the local community might have reconized that as long as ENnis and Jack keep it private, some tolerance is granted but it only takes some homophobic teenagers or ppl of that ilk to burn your place down and shoot down your cattle. Then where are you left.
First we get to point A, is a cattle operation run by a same sex couple possible in 1967 WY, then wonder if there was enough chemistry for Ennis and Jack to stay together as a couple for decades. I would say yes. At least they deserved the opportunity, which was denied.
MaineWriter:
This discussion is interesting and is making me flash back to this article, which was posted back in the old days. Here's the link again, I suspect many here have not seen this before:
Real Gay Cowboys
By Patricia Nell Warren
http://www.outsports.com/history/gaycowboys.htm
The story is long and has some nice pictures, so I am not going to copy and paste the whole thing here. Use the link.
L
xo
Aussie Chris:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on April 26, 2006, 12:16:17 pm ---I don't see Ennis as QUITE as screwed up as some people do. He's shy and inhibited and hot-tempered, but those are fairly ordinary traits that don't necessarily preclude happy relationships. The only really big, relationship-hindering problem Ennis has is homophobia -- as long as that was an obstacle, he'd never take Jack up on his idea. In the actual movie, it took Jack's death to show Ennis that he shouldn't have let homophobia get in the way of their happiness. Once Ennis gets that, his attitude is much better; if he had it all to live over, I'm sure he would have done things differently.
--- End quote ---
When it comes to all the rational arguments and logical conclusions as to what would need to be different with Ennis, latjoreme got it 100% right in my book. But today being rational and logical is for ninnies. I'm going to let my heart rule and exclaim defiantly and proudly: OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SWEET LIFE, BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT, WITH A DAILY DOZIE EMBRACE!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Aussie Chris on April 26, 2006, 06:18:33 pm ---When it comes to all the rational arguments and logical conclusions as to what would need to be different with Ennis, latjoreme got it 100% right in my book. But today being rational and logical is for ninnies. I'm going to let my heart rule and exclaim defiantly and proudly: OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SWEET LIFE, BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT, WITH A DAILY DOZIE EMBRACE!
--- End quote ---
I was about to say thanks, Chris, but, um, I guess not. However, I will say that when I let MY heart rule I agree with YOU 100 percent. Daily dozy embrace, whiskey springs, bluebirds ...
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