Who here has seen Brokeback Mountain?
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Here's the real reason I refuse to see it, and it has always bothered me that no one else brings this up...
Regardless of their sexual preference THEY ARE CHEATING ON THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES AND HOLLYWOOD IS PORTRAYING IT AS IF NOT ONLY IS IT "OK", BUT IT'S TOTALLY NATURAL STRUGGLE FOR "LOVE".
Regardless of their sexual preference THEY ARE CHEATING ON THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES AND HOLLYWOOD IS PORTRAYING IT AS IF NOT ONLY IS IT "OK", BUT IT'S TOTALLY NATURAL STRUGGLE FOR "LOVE".
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I guess the point they kinda brushed on was they got married and had kids AFTER they got together the first time. The assumption is they did that because that's what you are "supposed" to do. In the movie they did say they fell out of love with their spouses. It can be assumed it was because their hearts were with each other from the start. Had their love blossomed AFTER the marriages, that would have been cheating. If anything they were cheating on each other with each other's wife's.
K.
Apparently your definition of legal marriage differs from my own. The circumstances of "who loved who first" in their affair are irrelevant.
I don't know what you've heard but be assured that any rumors circulating about my involvement with a traveling circus strong man are viciously exaggerated.
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Arranged by what? Society? So because the two characters are too big of pussies to admit to who they really care for and deal with the consequences (if there actually would be any) that entitles to them to tear their existing families apart?
If they cared enough about eachother why didn't they just make it happen before they married/had kids, it would've been better than destroying two households, don't you think?
Kiwi: So what you are saying is, if I had a relationship with some guy prior to getting married to Knyte, then went back to him while still married with Knyte it's okay and not cheating cause I was in love with him first? That's just stupid.
Dealing with the consequences would give them a one week life span. That's why they didn't make it happen. Now I grant you they shouldn't have married if they couldn't be together in the first place. They were expected to be married and have kids. They did that.
Is it cheating if you never loved your spouse? Is it cheating if you and your spouse got together on terms other than sheer love? Maybe it is.
I know if I was questioning my sexuality, I wouldn't get married for fear that I would hurt them later if I chose the other way.
i saw it because someone on another forum upped it on his server... so i was like what the hell. i watched it and wow, it had to be the worst movie i have ever seen. awful storyline/acting/drama....
I don't buy into the "if we're gay they'll lynch us" crap, not one bit. If they wanted to make it work they could've made it work.
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YES, REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WERE CHEATING ON THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN.
Which I completely agree with.
I don't buy into the "if we're gay they'll lynch us" crap, not one bit. If they wanted to make it work they could've made it work.
No, they really couldn't. Perhaps if you had seen the movie you would know why it wouldn't (and didn't) work. The movie takes place in 1960 or so. They were pretty graphic about what happened to gay men where they lived. Rather than being tortured, mutilated and killed they did what they felt they had to do to appease everyone. For twenty years they battled their true desires to accomidate what society expected them to do. And when they were finally true to themselves they paid dearly for it.
Artistic licence. There were 3 people lynched in the entire country 1960-1969. Source is DOJ report I got on gun crime
Artistic licence. There were 3 people lynched in the entire country 1960-1969. Source is DOJ report I got on gun crime
And about how many families were so ashamed that they heard their son or daughter was gaybashed and would report it? I don't think many would at all.
Artistic licence. There were 3 people lynched in the entire country 1960-1969. Source is DOJ report I got on gun crime
Possibly. But I seriously doubt that all lynching were reported tho. Hell, just think of how many crimes aren't reported NOW. Besides, people can fear things wither the threat is real or just perceived.