Posted on 01/13/2006 3:04:40 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
IT'S cowboy country all right, but parts of north and central Queensland won't be seeing the controversial cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain.
The film - banned in two cinemas in the US because of its tale of gay cowboy love - won't be seen in Townsville - home of NRL grand finalists the Cowboys. Nor, also due to its "limited release" status, will it be hitting the screens further south in Rockhampton.
But the snub of two major Queensland cities has angered gay activists, who say much of its community could relate to the gay character played by Australian actor Heath Ledger.
"We have a strong western influence up this way in our gay community," Townsville-based Colin Edwards told the Ten Network.
"We have gay property owners, jackaroos, jillaroos. They really do exist and they really do fall in love."
Federal MP Bob Katter, whose Kennedy electorate in north Queensland takes in industries such as sugar cane, cattle, sheep and dairy farming, was unconcerned.
"Maybe there are some (gay cowboys) out there but I've never heard of `em," he said.
"I mean, it's not a profession that attracts those sort of people."
However, other regional centres such as Cairns and Mackay have managed to secure screenings of the film, which premiered in Australia on Tuesday.
Set in Wyoming and Texas, Brokeback Mountain is the story of a range-hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly fall in love.
They're NOT cowboys, Dammit.
They're SHEPHERDS!!.
Can't say I remember Joe Pine.
But I do know why New Zealand racehorses run so fast: they've seen what happens to the sheep!
its the pudding eaters
-------someone else called it baby batter. You guys are funny. LMAO
""We have gay property owners, jackaroos, jillaroos. "
"I'd call 'em Chuzzwuzzers I would"
(from the Simpsons)
I don't know if this analogy has been made, but do you think the fact that President Bush is widely thought of, as a cowboy, could be a factor in the making of this 'film' or am I reading too much into too little ?
Sounds like a slogan. "No Brokeback in the Outback."
I wouldn't put anything past that mob of commo poofters in Hollywood!
How about "No poofters in the Outback"?
I'm hearing lots of stories of "sold out" signs going up over screenings, where nobody's inside.
Joe Pyne...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pyne
Seems like the Kiwis aren't the only ones who like their sheep.
Excuse me, but one of the "ladies" is a bloke!
BTW, you can't beat Aussie lamb. It's sensational!
I should also mention that Aussies prefer to EAT their sheep!
"I don't think "banned" is the right word."
Rest assured, the writer of the article wanted to convey the false
impression that declining to book the film (or not buying a ticket)
is a sign of an institutionalized hate crime.
That's in Brokeback Mountain, Part II.
I can't wait - NOT!
Eh?!?!?! Sorry 'bout that. I'm not sure which of y'all I'm supposed to apologise to, but here it is, for what it's worth.
Aussie lamb is good, certainly equal to American ... and it has to face a certain amount of abuse getting here.
Aussies prefer to EAT their sheep!
So THATS what you call it!
ButtCrack Mountain.
Actually, they are cowboys. They just happen to be cowboys who are watching sheep for a summer. They mainly work on ranches, and both of them have done a fair amount of rodeo.
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