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bbm_stitchbuffyfan:
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000005/thread/40177950?d=40289060#40289060

I realize I should probably be asking the source about this (MovieFan on IMDB) but I don't really feel like talking to him (yet, anyways). But he negatively mentions how Brokeback Mountain is a 'politically correct' gay rights movie, or something along the lines of that.

Why do you think he said that? Just because they didn't say the word "fag" and because "queer" was said only one time? Anyways, I am posting here because I want to know what you guys think of this guy's comment and your opinion on the issue? Is Brokeback Mountain 'politically correct' and is that one of it's strengths, or weaknesses?

DeeDee:
Honestly, I never thought of BBM as politically anything.  I just saw it as a sad, tragic story that unfortunately mirrors real life in so many different lives.
I can't stand that people try to politicize it.
Sounds to me that this guy is trying to say it was made to pacify the gay community, which to me is insane.
I say take it from where it comes >:(

bbm_stitchbuffyfan:
See, same here. I didn't think politics when I watched the movie. I thought they pushed all the issues political issues aside intent on telling an intimate and grim love story. I thought of the characters during the film; I didn't think of gays' rights (well, I started thinking of them after the movie, but that's because I felt so sorry for Jack and Ennis).

I think that's what I want to say to him.

Lynne:
OK...Here's my two cents on this...

In my opinion, labelling Brokeback Mountain 'politically correct' is simply a poor attempt by someone who feels threatened to diminish or marginalize the messages of this wonderful film.

At one level, it is most certainly a personal and intimate story about two poor shepherds and the love they discovered together.  Just call it the 'gay cowboy movie' if you'd like.  But it is much, much more than that, or we wouldn't be here talking about it.

The 'threat' comes from the underlying messages, from seeing Jack and Ennis, not as gay cowboys, but as people you might know and have come to care for, from seeing some of ourselves in Jack and Ennis, and asking the bigger questions.

I feel like I'm on a soapbox here, so I'm going to stop.

Respectfully,
Lynne

RouxB:
It might be politically correct if the time and place was Los Angeles or New York 2006 but then it wouldn't be this movie. It, I believe, is an accurate representation of era it represents. 1963-1983 Wyoming-what does the OP think the politics were in that place and time??

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