'Brokeback Mountain' - A Review (Unmarked Spoilers)

[Gemini Cricket]

I love reading Charles Karel Bouley's take on gay culture. Here he's talking about the media constantly calling Ledger and Gyllenhaal 'brave' for playing gay on 'Brokeback'. It's a good read.

The media seem to be running with a recurring theme around this movie: the “bravery” of the actors playing the roles, the “courage” it took them to do it, and the “speculation” about whether America is ready for a “gay cowboy movie.” Certainly not a position a liberal would take, so it befuddles me how the media is labeled “liberal.” Because the media has all but compared these two to war heroes for their portrayal of two closeted cowboys in a story of unrequited love and personal deception.

Say it with me: poppycock.

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