Hello, everyone...I wanted to post that I completely agree with the disappointment we're feeling that BBM was not as well recognized as it should have been. It's frustrating, but I'm consoling myself with the knowledge that other very important films have also been slighted by the Academy Awards; the numerous other awards BBM has received recognize its merit.
That said, I thought that the montage of the 'gay cowboy' where Jon Stewart was bemoaning the loss of our American icon, showing edited 'gay' clips from classic westerns, was absolutely hilarious. I'm curious about what others thought because in my opinion, it was tastefully and comically done. Societally, my reasoning is that if something can be laughed about without being harshly riduculed, acceptance cannot be far behind.
My postcards are in the mail, although I cannot find an address for Rodrigo Prieto, and I wanted to include him...Can anyone help with that?
I went to the library today and checked out Lonesome Dove and the Wyoming collection of Annie Proulx's short stories. I mentioned to the librarian that I was being brave by attempting Lonesome Dove and explained my interest. She said that she'd read the BBM short story and did not like it. After some conversation, it seemed that most of her problems were with the abruptness of language, sentence structure, the barrenness, harshness, etc. that characterize the story. i am somewhat troubled that a librarian could not recognize the genius there, but I did tell her that, in my opinion, the movie was in many ways 'softer' than the short story and that I highly recommended it. Perhaps she will watch the movie. I tried very hard to not come across as 'evangelical.'
I hope everyone has a good week...let's keep in touch.
Lynne