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Actually, that was from one of the stories in The Big Book of The Weird Wild West, from DC's Paradox Press.
DC?
Was it written by Judd Winnick?
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In Columbus, one theater will be screening it, the Drexel Gateway, which is a new theater across from Ohio State on High St. To my knowledge, no other theater in town will be showing it.
...so the Drexel is the Gay Theatre?
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There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily. No matter how well made it is—-and it is very well crafted by a hugely talented group of people—-it’s hard to imagine a suburban wife coaxing hubby to the Cineplex on Saturday night to see two men consummate their passion.
How sensitive of Fox News to worry about how Ang Lee is doing. Do they care this much about every director?
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Today, "Brokeback" nearly doubles its number of theaters to 217, but this may be a real litmus test. There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily. No matter how well made it is—-and it is very well crafted by a hugely talented group of people—-it’s hard to imagine a suburban wife coaxing hubby to the Cineplex on Saturday night to see two men consummate their passion.
I'm a straight male. I'm voluntarily going to see that movie with my fiance.
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Somehow it didn't get on my post, but that was a G-man quote. I don't want to plagerize his words and lose all credit for the assignment.
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G-man sure hates movies about gay cowboys. Almost like he's hiding something... 
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Its nice of you to stand up for your kind.
Just like James Bond. "Keeping the British end up" and all that. 
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
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There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily. No matter how well made it is—-and it is very well crafted by a hugely talented group of people—-it’s hard to imagine a suburban wife coaxing hubby to the Cineplex on Saturday night to see two men consummate their passion.
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How sensitive of Fox News to worry about how Ang Lee is doing. Do they care this much about every director?
I'm not sure, but I think the Fox entertainment columnist quoted above, is himself gay.
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In Columbus, one theater will be screening it, the Drexel Gateway, which is a new theater across from Ohio State on High St. To my knowledge, no other theater in town will be showing it.
...so the Drexel is the Gay Theatre?
The Drexel are more the "art house" type theaters. CAPOTE's currently playing. I saw THE SQUID AND THE WHALE there. GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK is currently being shown.
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Today, "Brokeback" nearly doubles its number of theaters to 217, but this may be a real litmus test. There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily. No matter how well made it is—-and it is very well crafted by a hugely talented group of people—-it’s hard to imagine a suburban wife coaxing hubby to the Cineplex on Saturday night to see two men consummate their passion.
I'm a straight male. I'm voluntarily going to see that movie with my fiance.
There will be str8 males who will go. How many? How the hell should I know.
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maybe they should have concentrated on promoting it as a well-made movie first, and about gay cowboys second.
I think "they" did. I think it's more the media focusing on it as "the gay cowboy movie."
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maybe they should have concentrated on promoting it as a well-made movie first, and about gay cowboys second.
Heh.
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Most guys usually don't seek out romance movies period, unless it's with a date. Anybody actually see this yet?
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It opens here in Columbus tomorrow evening.
I will go see it this weekend.
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Larry David, of "Seinfeld" and the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," in the New York Times: I haven't seen "Brokeback Mountain," nor do I have any intention of seeing it. In fact, cowboys would have to lasso me, drag me into the theater and tie me to the seat, and even then I would make every effort to close my eyes and cover my ears.
And I love gay people. Hey, I've got gay acquaintances. Good acquaintances, who know they can call me anytime if they had my phone number. I'm for gay marriage, gay divorce, gay this and gay that. I just don't want to watch two straight men, alone on the prairie, fall in love and kiss and hug and hold hands and whatnot. That's all.
Is that so terrible? Does that mean I'm homophobic? And if I am, well, then that's too bad. Because you can call me any name you want, but I'm still not going to that movie.
To my surprise, I have some straight friends who've not only seen the movie but liked it. "One of the best love stories ever," one gushed. Another went on, "Oh, my God, you completely forget that it's two men. You in particular will love it."
"Why me?"
"You just will, trust me."
But I don't trust him. If two cowboys, male icons who are 100 percent all-man, can succumb, what chance to do I have, half- to a quarter of a man, depending on whom I'm with at the time? I'm a very susceptible person, easily influenced, a natural-born follower with no sales-resistance. When I walk into a store, clerks wrestle one another trying to get to me first. My wife won't let me watch infomercials because of all the junk I've ordered that's now piled up in the garage. My medicine cabinet is filled with vitamins and bald cures.
So who's to say I won't become enamored with the whole gay business? Let's face it, there is some appeal there. I know I've always gotten along great with men. I never once paced in my room rehearsing what to say before asking a guy if he wanted to go to the movies. And I generally don't pay for men, which of course is their most appealing attribute.
And gay guys always seem like they're having a great time. At the Christmas party I went to, they were the only ones who sang. Boy that looked like fun. I would love to sing, but this weighty, self-conscious heterosexuality I'm saddled with won't permit it.
I just know if I saw that movie, the voice inside my head that delights in torturing me would have a field day. "You like those cowboys, don't you? They're kind of cute. Go ahead, admit it, they're cute. You can't fool me, gay man. Go ahead, stop fighting it. You're gay! You're gay!"
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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Pro keeps asking me to go see this. I keep telling him to take Cross instead.
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Barry Manilow's Take On Brokeback MountainHis name was Ennis
He was a Shepard
With cowboy hat and assless chaps
He should have kept it under wraps
He would merengue and do the cha-cha
And when he'd drink and fall asleep
Jack Twist tended to the sheep
Across the mountain heights
They worked the summer nights
They were young and they had each other
And had rough sex fights
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
They felt the passion as they discussed fashion
Up at Brokeback
.... they fell in love
Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
He was the boss man
He did some firing
When he went to the mountain top
And he saw Ennis getting bopped
And when they finished, he fired them pronto
Later Jack went a bit too far
Gay bashers saw him at a bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
They felt the passion as they discussed fashion
Up at Brokeback
.... he lost his love
His name was Ennis, he was a shepherd
But that was a long time ago, when closets hid more than clothes
Now gays have pride days, but not our Ennis
Still in the chaps he used to wear, faded feathers in his hair
He sits there so refined, and drinks himself half-blind
He lost his Jack and he lost his family
Taking it from behind!
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
Those gay cowboys, they did some mounting
Up at Brokeback, Brokeback Mountain
They felt the passion as they discussed fashion
Up at Brokeback
.... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love
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I wonder why folks have to make such a big deal about not seeing this movie or go even further & make jokes about a movie their not going to see. It's ok if you don't want to go see it, there's plenty of movies I have no desire to see too. Those movies also are not worth my time commenting on.
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Maybe because certain quarters seem to want to guilt people into seeing it even if they don't want to?
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i also think that g-man has a bizarre gay cowboy fetish.
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This movie totally ignores the fact that Sheep make better lovers than men....
or so I have heard
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I wonder why folks have to make such a big deal about not seeing this movie or go even further & make jokes about a movie their not going to see.
Because we can.
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I wonder why folks have to make such a big deal about not seeing this movie or go even further & make jokes about a movie their not going to see.
Because I'm gay.
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I didn't know Franta had a little australian in him.
Franta is doing Dave?
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Pro keeps asking me to go see this. I keep telling him to take Cross instead.
he never takes me anywere 
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I think some of you guys are being a bit sensative but if it keeps Larry David from becoming gay it's all worthwhile IMHO.
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Larry David is beloved by the lesbian community, though.
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Maybe because certain quarters seem to want to guilt people into seeing it even if they don't want to?
Take it up with those in those quarters, then.
I haven't heard one gay guy in this forum trying to "guilt" you into going to see it.
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I wonder why folks have to make such a big deal about not seeing this movie or go even further & make jokes about a movie their not going to see.
Because all they have is their socks.
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Maybe because certain quarters seem to want to guilt people into seeing it even if they don't want to?
Take it up with those in those quarters, then.
I haven't heard one gay guy in this forum trying to "guilt" you into going to see it.
G-man didn't mean it literally, he was obviously talking about his repressed homosexuality.
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I haven't heard one gay guy in this forum trying to "guilt" you into going to see it.
I was referring to certain quarters of society, not certain quarters of the RKMBs.
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Then send the cartoonist or op-ed writer a nasty email.
Why give us your blather when none of the queers here give a shit if you see this movie or not? And I'm not going to call you a 'phobe if you don't see it.
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I find it...interesting...that the single movie that gets the most "bah, don't see the movie if you dont want, but why are you bothering to discuss it, etc" responses from you is one about gay people.
This is the RKMBs, remember? We constantly discuss movies, comic books and TV shows we haven't seen.
For my mind, I think that, like "King Kong," this is an interesting story because its a heavily hyped film that may or may not live up to the hype and/or may be rejected by the public. That's all.
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If you wonder if it will live up to the hype, then...psst...go see it.
And I hardly call your bit about Barry Manilow "discussion."
Furthermore, you seem to think there's some conspiracy to get you, a straight man, to go see it.
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And by "live up to the hype," what do you mean?
Will it get Oscar nominations? Most certainly. It's quality is that good.
Will it rake in money? Possibly. I don't care. I don't go see movies caring a whit about how much money they make.n But the showing I went to Saturday afternoon was sold out.
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