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Ennis' non-vomiting
serious crayons:
Hey, Jeff! Good to have you back! And in celebration, I won't argue with anything you said this time. Your observation that Story Ennis could have evolved after the dozy embrace makes perfect sense. I take back my suggestion that it's a flaw.
I love this thread.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on April 19, 2006, 02:08:01 pm ---Hey, Jeff! Good to have you back! And in celebration, I won't argue with anything you said this time. Your observation that Story Ennis could have evolved after the dozy embrace makes perfect sense. I take back my suggestion that it's a flaw.
I love this thread.
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Aww, now that's real nice of you! Thank you! May I suggest, though, that it's unnecessary to take back the comment? One might consider it a "flaw" in the story-telling that we are not told where that dozy embrace fell chronologically in the development of Ennis and Jack's relationship. And my interpretation is just that, my interpretation put together "extra" (outside of the) text.
While, as Meryl so memorably put it in her "Brokeback Creed," "I believe in Annie, the Author Almighty, creator of Ennis and Jack," it's always annoyed me that we are not told exactly what is meant that Jack drives all that way "for nothing" after Ennis's divorce is finalized. And since my first viewing of the movie I've been in awe of the post-divorce structure that McMurtry and Ossana built on what isn't even an entire sentence in the original story--one reason why I was so happy they got the Adapted Screenplay Oscar. (And by always, I mean going back to the original New Yorker publication, where I first read it.)
Front-Ranger:
Yes, you're right, it looks like a roll in the hay and Ennis is even saying things like "I'll teach you" and "you think you're a cowboy?" Too bad it took me only 2 1/2 months to assimilate what you said, Katherine!
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 03, 2006, 02:52:57 pm ---Yes, you're right, it looks like a roll in the hay and Ennis is even saying things like "I'll teach you" and "you think you're a cowboy?" Too bad it took me only 2 1/2 months to assimilate what you said, Katherine!
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You been watching some movie with headphones on or something, F-R? Are you describing things you hadn't seen before in the "angry tussle"?
(I haven't watched the movie over a month and a half. I'm going on a 3-day trip on Wednesday. Should I pack my headphones and watch the movie on my computer?)
serious crayons:
Hey, you guys! Way to revive an ancient post. It's so long ago, Lee, I'm not even sure what gem of wisdom of mine you're referring to! (There are so many .... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:)
And I'm with Mel; I haven't heard those lines, either! But they do reinforce my theory about their real motivations in the tussle.
And Mel, YES, by all means take the headphones and report back. (Be sure to listen really closely in the closet scene and then come back and support my "I love you" theory!)
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