Posted on 02/06/2006 3:07:39 PM PST by SmithL
Some of the "Top Ten Signs You're a Gay Cowboy," courtesy of David Letterman:
_You enjoy ridin', ropin' and redecoratin'.
_Instead of a saloon, you prefer a salon.
_Native Americans refer to you as "Dances With Men."
Is the bottomless font of "Brokeback Mountain" humor — late-night monologues, fake Internet movie trailers, movie poster imitations — harmless and fun, or insulting?
Most gay groups find it fairly benign, and note that in any case, the movie's overwhelming publicity can only be a good thing.
"Some of the humor may be insensitive, but even that has spurred positive conversation," says Susanne Salkind of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay rights group.
But Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, says he's sick of it: "It may be funny, but there is a real element of homophobia. It's making jabs about sex between gay men."
Jay Leno made at least 15 "Brokeback" jokes in January. Many were references to gay sex. One that wasn't: "The cold weather continues to spread across the United States. In fact, down south it was so cold people were shaking like Jerry Falwell watching "Brokeback Mountain."
The Internet is saturated with "Brokeback" imitations. One of the best is a fake movie trailer called "Brokeback to the Future," which uses deftly edited shots from Michael J. Fox's "Back to the Future" to make it look like Marty McFly and that wacky Dr. Emmett Brown are falling in love. There's also "Top Gun 2: Brokeback Squadron," with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer.
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"It's making jabs about sex between gay men."
LOL You're killing me, Matt!
"It's making jabs about sex between gay men."
He may want to re-think his choice of words...
"It's poking fun at sex between gay men".
If you can take a d*ck, you can take a joke...
No, I think that was an actual movie.
LOL oh thtop it, youre tho hilariouth
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