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December 16, 2005

Well, "Lonesome Dove" was kind of a love story between two cowboys, too

brokeback.jpgYou've probably heard by now about Brokeback Mountain, the new movie based on the Annie Proulx book about how a secret homosexual relationship between two cowboys plays out over the years. Inasmuch as Larry McMurtry -- author of the incomparable Lonesome Dove novel and later mini-series -- helped write the screenplay for Brokeback, that fact and the generally strong initial reviews are good enough to prompt me to include the film in my holiday movie-going.

But even if Brokeback does not sound like your cup of tea, don't miss this clever review of the film by a gay man trying to reassure heterosexual males about the film's merit, which leads me to believe that this recent overheard conversation is taking place in many other places around the country in addition to New York City.

Posted by Tom at December 16, 2005 08:20 AM

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I usually listen to KLBJ talk radio out of Austin during my 4 minute commute to work here in Temple.

One of the commentators yesterday reported that the same movie critic from the Austin American-Statesman who gave Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" 1 1/2 stars gave the first-ever 5 star rating to "the Gay Cowboy Movie".

Let's hope that (in spite of what Walter Cronkite says) "What Stars Here..." really doesn't "...Change The World".

Posted by: Jim Bob Baker at December 17, 2005 05:11 AM

Spengler had some fun the Hollywood Left's latest offerings:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GL13Aa02.html

Posted by: kevin whited at December 17, 2005 12:08 PM

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