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Your age and your favourite cowboy
Brown Eyes:
Hi kudzudaddy, welcome to bettermost. Thanks for your nice words. :)
I like to think of Ennis the way you described too... That his stoic, silent, tough-guy cowboy external image is reallly a mask for his soft side. Or that the stoic, stiff silence of his demeanor are both the signs of a tough cowboy AND of someone sort of paralyzed by anxieties/ sadness/ fear, etc. And, yes I'm glad he found a Jack-type who wanted to nurture him.
This thread is fun... it has drifted away from the topic of age though. I wonder if there are generational differences in how people see these characters and their situations. That seems like a complex question.
kudzudaddy:
Complex, indeed, Amanda...
Trying to imagine how I would have reacted 30-40 years ago (had BBM appeared then). I think my reaction would have been the same but for different reasons. I think I would have perceived Jack as "easy" "available" and maybe a little "needy." I'd have been attracted to Ennis for the opposite reason I am now, because of his stern, independent "masculine" demeanor... I doubt I'd have been able to see beneath it.
But today... hell, anybody under 45 is a "boy" to me... and anything under 30 is a "puppy" -- cute, yes... scratch 'em behind the ears and send 'em out to play.
Kudz
Shuggy:
Well with 48 votes, the only thing now clear is that more people who voted prefer Jack.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on May 19, 2006, 12:29:15 am ---Well with 48 votes, the only thing now clear is that more people who voted prefer Jack.
--- End quote ---
No big surprise there. I've always felt that both this site and imdb are somewhat Jack-skewed. But what we Ennisophiles lack in numbers, we make up for in enthusiasm!
ednbarby:
What I wanna know is who voted that they're "ageless"?
;D
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