Ummmmmm, so Gay Men are NOT men? whattabout Straight Men who like this
movie (or another) ?
Ive seen some blokes at the local leather bar who would be happy to show
just HOW MANLY they are.
Is goodfellas a specialist film too? perhaps only gangsters watch it.
Ari
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From: Andy Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <>
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Cowboys are my Weakness
Date: 03/01/2006 07:43
>
> lol - Very good Kirby
>
> Just because someone doesn't want to watch 2 men fall in love does not
make
> them homophobic - It makes them a man!
>
> I havn't got anything against gay men or women for that matter. I'm sure
it
> is a very well made film in it's own right with a specialist audience.
Quite
> frankly I'd sooner stay at home and stick pins in my eyes than watch it.
>
> Andy
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> From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: [MOPO] Cowboys are my Weakness
> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:12:10 -0600
>
> From Jan 1, NY TIMES.
>
> Kirby McDaniel
>
> www.movieart.net
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>
> Cowboys Are My Weakness
>
> By LARRY DAVID
> SOMEBODY had to write this, and it might as well be me. 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.
>
> Larry David appears in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
>
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