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Annie Proulx's still pissed...
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 12, 2009, 08:53:48 am ---Tell you what, I don't intend to be offensive or personal, but, depending on what exactly you mean by "moving on" with respect to Brokeback Mountain, I don't understand it either. :-\
I feel that I've incorporated the story and the film into my life and "moved on," but I'm sure not living it night and day like I did three years ago. :-\
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If you think by what I posted, that I am insinuating that people should "move on" then you are wrong. I used the term "move on and get a life" as suggesting, that it is SHE who is telling us to do that.
Personally, I dont give a rats **** whether people move on or whether they dont. Its up to them how much of a part of their life is consumed with BBM. I know how much of a part of my life it is, and I am comfortable with that, just as everyone else should be.
serious crayons:
Elle, thanks for posting those hilarious William Shatner (and Leonard Nimoy) videos. I've always loved how William Shatner is willing to caricature himself. I bet that "get a life" sketch was a turning point.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on June 12, 2009, 09:25:06 am ---If you think by what I posted, that I am insinuating that people should "move on" then you are wrong. I used the term "move on and get a life" as suggesting, that it is SHE who is telling us to do that.
Personally, I dont give a rats **** whether people move on or whether they dont. Its up to them how much of a part of their life is consumed with BBM. I know how much of a part of my life it is, and I am comfortable with that, just as everyone else should be.
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No, I understood you meant that was what Annie is telling people. It's none of my business either if anybody is stuck in his or her first emotional reaction to Brokeback Mountain. I took your comment to suggest that Annie doesn't understand how some people haven't been able to "move on," and I honestly don't understand it either. If I were close to somebody who was still as torn up as some of us were when we first saw the movie, I'd be concerned about that person's well-being.
Ellemeno:
Annie Proulx can be a cranky crabass. We knew that already. She wouldn't be her if she wasn't. Remember the trashing and thrashing she gave the Academy Awards experience? But she also said that Heath Ledger's name should be Heath Legend, so she has my support to be whatever the fuck she wants.
She's cantankerous, and it allows her the discipline to sit and write, all by herself. I say let be let be.
Clyde-B:
I think we are moving on.
The movie left me with one very clear question: "They never asked for much, why shouldn't they have been able to have that simple happy life they wanted?" I think a lot of people were left with that question.
And every year since then, I hear more and more people asking it.
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