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Since Ennis was so closeted, why did he out himself to the Twists?

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welliwont:
Why does Ennis, who is so paranoid of being found out, expose his and Jack’s relationship to Jack’s parents?  By going to the Twist ranch Ennis should have realized that he was going to give the Twists something to think about, hell they might possibly even make the connection that Ennis was queer as was their son!  Ennis must have wondered about whether Jack’s parents knew or did not know that their son was queer.

We already know that Jack was very private and did not spread personal information about the two of them, so presumably Ennis knew that Jack was discreet in that way.  So instead of going to the Twists', why did he not write them a letter instead, or make his offer in a telephone call, about taking the ashes up to Brokeback, I mean?

DeeDee:
In my opinion, I think the need to fulfill Jack's last  wish about his ashes, was so overwhelmingly important to Ennis, that he had to go see them.
I believe he intended on just saying that they were friends, but saw something in Mrs. Twists eyes that made him believe she knew.

Also, Mr. Twist spoke freely about Jack bringing Ennis to the ranch and then another fella, and Ennis still never admitted anything.

Ennis never actually said they were lovers, he said "we was good friends."  Also at this point, the grief was so abundant, that this was the least of his problems.

Midnight24:
I also agree Ennis was so eager to fullfil Jake's last wishes. He went there I think to bring the ashes to Brokeback Mountain but Jake's dad refused and I guess he respected that...maybe because he didn't want him to suspect anything but something really makes me think that Jake's mother knew. Whenever she was willingly giving the shirt to Ennis something in her eyes just said something as if she knew.

welliwont:

Yeah, I think the general concensus is that Mrs. Twist knew that Ennis was the love of her son's life, and she comes across as VERY sympathectic to Ennis, so kind to him.   :-*

Old man Twist is another matter entirely!  As a matter of fact, I will be playing have played, and will be playing Mr. John C. Twist in BetterMost's very own production of Broke Arsed Mountain!

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.... what I was saying is that based on what Mr. Twist chose to disclose to Ennis, I think Mr. Twist also knew Jack was queer, and Ennis was queer.

Midnight24:
I think the Ang Lee was trying to show that the dad did know what was going on. He got on my nerves so bad, couldn't have been more rude. But I guess it's typical for back then when being gay wasn't exactly "looked upon." But the mom was so sweet I could just tell that even if she did know she would have accepted Jake anyways. I think Ennis might have known that they knew even though to me it didn't seem like he really expressed that in any way.

Sounds like a nice show you guys are puling off  :laugh: I'll have to see it  :D

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