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Brown Eyes:
Hey there Buckaroos,

I just sat down to flip through the TV channels and stumbled across professional bull-riding on NBC!  It's some big tournament in Atlanta.  So, instead of watching the Food Network I've found myself hooked on watching this.  It's amazing how something like this has taken on deep levels of meaning and significance for me following Brokeback (before Brokeback I probably wouldn't have stopped to watch something like this... I'm sure I would have kept flipping).  It seems like I'm finding more and more rodeo events on TV lately (I don't know what's up with that, I've stumbled across two or three bull-riding events on TV- on different channels- over the last few months).  Other than Brokeback I'm a complete novice when it comes to subjects like this.  So, I'm a bit in awe of what I'm seeing.

Some poor guy just got his hand caught in the rope and was dragged all over the ring.  Very, very scary.  The rodeo clowns couldn't pull him free.  He only broke free after the bull slammed him into the fence.  Talk about drama.
 :o  :o

Anyway, it's unavoidable to see all the guys who chose to wear black hats (which seems to be most of them) as multiple Jack Twists.  And now all those rodeo clowns will forever be Jimbo to me.  ::) ;)

I love that Wrangler is one of the big corporate sponsors.

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: atz75 on February 10, 2007, 05:57:09 pm ---I love that Wrangler is one of the big corporate sponsors.

--- End quote ---

Yup, Wrangler makes a BIG DEAL outta that in its advertising.  ::)

fernly:
Wish I hadn't been at work. :(
Have you seen Rank, Amanda? Very good documentary. Jeff posted about it some months back. 
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5007.0html
One advantage of a DVD is watching the rides in slow motion. Hard to believe the punishment the riders and clowns take and keep going. And this is the era of protective vests, collars, helmets (for some of the riders), medical help on the spot...not like in Jack's day.
The interviews are interesting, and moving. Especially the one with Justin McBride's grandmother, the wife of the bullrider who was killed. Complicated emotions.

Jeff Wrangler:
Rank is out on DVD?  :o

I hadn't heard!

fernly:
Yep, it's for rent from Netflix, and it'll be for sale on Amazon April 3.

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