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The Mudge Boy
Front-Ranger:
I haven't seen this yet, but I want to and I thank you and gary for bringing it to our attention.
But when I heard about Duncan and the chicken, I thought of the parallels with Ennis and the sheep. Tell me if I'm on the right track here. We see in Brokeback Mountain how a sheep is ravaged by a coyote on the night of the first tent scene, and Ennis' remorse when the blue heeler calls it to his attention the next day. An innocent sheep is dead and it weighs on Ennis' conscience even though the audience knows that it is not Ennis' fault and some sheep would certainly be lost over the summer to coyotes anyway. It is an inevitable fate.
Duncan and the chicken also reminded me about the story of The Virginian, who had a relationship with a chicken named Emily:
--- Quote ---Em'ly is none other than a hen. A rather deranged hen, who is determined to set on any egg-like objects she can find even though she never lays any eggs (or aiggs) herself. We first meet Em'ly when the narrator kicks her, for the third time, off an assemblage of potatoes that she has rolled together to form a nest. The Virginian saunters in and starts a conversation with our Tenderfoot narrator. More than his feet are tender on this day. Our narrator is nursing a bruised ego, caused when he overheard TV telling the guys in the bunkhouse about one of their most recent and embarassing escapades. TF was so intent on bagging a couple of ducks that he actually jumped in the water after them, and emerged covered with mud. TV informed him then that the ducks were divers, and so not worth eating.
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This is from my review of The Virginian elsewhere in The Culture Tent. It seems to me like stories of eggs, chickens, and nurturing are hints of deeper stories of mothers and children, the unique love they have with each other and the pain of separation.
Artiste:
Interesting!
I always enjoy chickens in films!
Was there any in BM ?
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Artiste on April 08, 2008, 10:33:50 am ---Interesting!
I always enjoy chickens in films!
Was there any in BM ?
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Well, there were a couple of turkeys!! LOL!
Artiste:
I have a wild turkey story!
Any in The Mudge Boy??
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