I had a phonecall of the weirder sort with my sister yesterday who, after all that time, had finally watched Brokeback Mountain on dvd. Knowing that she was more the romantic comedy type, I had never tried to persuade her watch it in the first place. Well, now she had. And I had to endure her unrefined judgement...
She: To be honest, I didn't find the blonde guy's acting very convincing.
I (thinking "wtf!?"): I see. Well, at least you have watched it now.
She: Yeah, I just wanted to know what all the fuss was about.
I: Hmmm.
I quickly switched to another topic after that. I'd had a similar experience with my sister in law some time ago. She told me that she hadn't been able to sit through the movie and that she had fallen asleep on the sofa.
Oh well. Let them die ignorant. Who am I to proselytize the
heathens pagans?