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#176 2006-01-06 9:19 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
bedstuy wrote:
bratboy wrote:
bedstuy wrote:
Is there a need to specify the sexuality of people one goes to view this movie with?
Well obviously not in every case, but I don't think his comment was without merit.
He was demonstrating that heterosexuals are viewing (and enjoy) the film.I guess I ask because it's not the first time I've seen it. In a couple of reviews I've read men have felt the need to state this apparently.
Oh . . . I was assuming he was gay.
Well I'm a homo, and I saw it with three straight people.
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#177 2006-01-06 10:18 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
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Oh . . . I was assuming he was gay.
You assume correctly.
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#178 2006-01-06 11:15 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
That was my intention, also to show that gay people don't neccesarily. Though my ex probably didn't like the movies anti-closet case stance. *grumble*
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#179 2006-01-06 11:30 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Advocate wrote:
Gene Shalit—the 31-year veteran movie critic of NBC's Today show—came under fire Thursday for his review of Brokeback Mountain. GLAAD says that Shalit "used the occasion to promote defamatory antigay prejudice to a national audience."
In a bizarre piece of commentary for the "Critic's Corner," Shalit deemed Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack, a "sexual predator" who "tracks Ennis down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts."
The "characterization of Jack as a 'predator' and Ennis (Heath Ledger) as a victim reflects a fundamental lack of understanding about the central relationship in the film and about gay relationships in general," GLAAD said in a statement. "It seems highly doubtful that Shalit would similarly claim that Titanic's Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) was a 'sexual predator' because he was pursuing a romantic relationship with Rose (Kate Winslet)."
The GLAAD statement added that "Shalit has every right as a film critic to criticize Brokeback Mountain. But his baseless branding of Jack as a 'sexual predator' merely because he is romantically interested in someone of the same sex is defamatory, ignorant, and irresponsible. And it is equally irresponsible for NBC News to have given Shalit a platform for his gratuitously offensive comments."
there's really no need for all of this
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#180 2006-01-06 11:34 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
What the hell is Shalit talking about? Jack is the more sexual of the two, the film clearly establishes that, but Ennis clearly loved him back, physically and romantically. After the first summer is over Ennis cries in the street! And in the end it is Ennis who sends a letter to Jack asking to meet.
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#181 2006-01-07 12:06 am
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Sahlit has a gay son too... poor guy. But really, look at the man. That hair! That bow tie!
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#182 2006-01-07 6:29 am
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
You mean Gene Shalit's not gay? 
Gosh, my gay-dar really is smurfed up, I guess.
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#183 2006-01-07 4:26 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
I'm guessing yours is one of those cheap, fake knock-off types. Totally worthless, you may as well toss it and simply accept you just don't have a gaydar at all.
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#184 2006-01-07 6:35 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
He is from central Iowa. Give the man a break... although he was in the Navy...
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#185 2006-01-07 7:28 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Give who a break? Someone who wrote a Dr. Laura quality review? It's too bad he didn't toss pedophile into the review, too. Oh, that's right... sexual predator covers that one.
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#186 2006-01-07 8:16 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
No, Duke.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#187 2006-01-07 9:57 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
I guess I could review Brokeback Mountain without having seen it as easily as resedit reviewed The Book of Daniel without watching it. 
I thought that one guy ... yeah, the shorter guy ... was a little forced in his portrayal of *mumble* *mumble*
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#188 2006-01-09 10:51 am
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Uh oh...
Don't look now, but Brokeback Mountain is selling in the heartland.
The gay cowboy romance, which has been cleaning up in early awards races, was considered a difficult box-office sell nationwide because of its subject matter. (Related story: Brokeback draws couples)
But Brokeback Mountain is averaging $10,000-plus per screen in such markets as San Antonio, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio, according to Nielsen EDI.
The Ang Lee film was ninth at the box office this weekend with $5.8 million on 483 screens, a healthy $11,904 per-screen average. That's a higher average than the No. 1 movie of the week, Hostel.
Now why would anyone be talking about the per-screen average, when Res already informed us that those numbers are "completely meaningless?"
Link.
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#189 2006-01-09 11:12 am
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
XYZ wrote:
Give who a break? Someone who wrote a Dr. Laura quality review? It's too bad he didn't toss pedophile into the review, too. Oh, that's right... sexual predator covers that one.
Back off the outrage a bit, and take into consideration my historical postings on gay and lesbian rights...
To clarify, even though geese already said it, I was making a tongue-in-cheek reference to Dukester.
"Hell, I'm sure Og had some cool way of banging two rocks together, until he took himself too seriously."
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#190 2006-01-09 11:28 am
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
iBubba wrote:
He is from central Iowa. Give the man a break... although he was in the Navy...
[Village People] IN THE NAVY!... [/Village people]
[Jack McFarland] MARY-KATE 'N ASHLEY!!!!..BARE-BACK MOUNTAIN!!!??? [/Jack Mcfarland]
That's as authentically gay as I get.
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and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#191 2006-01-09 1:48 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Gay men look like this around here...
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#192 2006-01-09 2:15 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Duke Stratosphere wrote:
Gay men look like this around here...
http://www.destgulch.com/movies/deliver/deliv05s.jpg
That's hawt.
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#193 2006-01-09 2:51 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Duke Stratosphere wrote:
Gay men look like this around here...
http://www.destgulch.com/movies/deliver/deliv05s.jpg
Uncle!
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#194 2006-01-09 4:00 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Waitasecond... I'm in the navy!
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#195 2006-01-09 4:07 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Tallgeese wrote:
Waitasecond... I'm in the navy!
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#196 2006-01-09 4:15 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
I can post pictures of ugly people, too. Is there a point?
there's really no need for all of this
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#197 2006-01-09 4:30 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
I’m a gay man and the majority of my friends are heterosexual because I find many gay men to be embarrassing, shallow and too into themselves.
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#198 2006-01-09 4:40 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
So, your point is to gay-bash.
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#199 2006-01-09 7:17 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
Can we get that ignore function back, PLEASE???!?
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#200 2006-01-09 8:15 pm
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Re: O'Reilly, misinformation, and 'Brokeback Mountain'
XYZ wrote:
So, your point is to gay-bash.
I didn't say it. Some gay guy said it.
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