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.
nor is it in 98% of America......
its the pudding eaters in San Francisco and Greenwich Village and Hollywood itself that is trying to foist their perverted lifestyle on us.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. Tough tacos.
Rule 1. No Poofters.
Rule 2. No member of the faculty is to maltreat the "Abos" in any way whatsoever if there's anyone watching.
Rule 3. No Poofters.
Rule 4. I do not want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out.
Rule 5. No Poofters.
Rule 6. There is no rule 6.
Rule 7. No Poofters.
I don't think "banned" is the right word. I think the cinemas just declined to show the film.
Besides, these aren't "cowboys", they are shepherds. I know this isn't PC, and maybe not easily understood by people outside of Oz and New Zealand, but one of my friends at works remarked " Are they sure this was made in Wyoming? I thought it was made in New Zealand" --with apologies to my Kiwi friends!
If it was made in NZ, surely it would be a story about a bloke's love for his sheep...:)
Poofterism isn't big in the Aussie Outback!And yet it's called the Outback...
And don't they raise a lot of sheep there?
Life is full of little ironies...
This is about two sheepherders in the 1960's, one who is apparently gay and the other who is weak minded and is sexually intimidated into letting the other..um..do..like..things.
Why a man wouldn't want to see this is obvious, but why a woman would want to see a story of how a womans husband turned queer and left her for another man is beyond me.
This is about two sheepherders in the 1960's, one who is apparently gay and the other who is weak minded and is sexually intimidated into letting the other..um..do..like..things.
Why a man wouldn't want to see this is obvious, but why a woman would want to see a story of how a womans husband turned queer and left her for another man is beyond me.
***...and unexpectedly fall in love.***
Don't you love how they say "unexpectedly" every time they mention falling in love to make it sound somehow innocent? In other words, "Gee, honestly, we never MEANT to fall in love. Before that we were both hetero."
Yep, I don't think the Yanks will understand...but supposedly there are a lot of sheep in this movie!
Give it a rest! It's Friday night - they'll be down the shearing shed with their "girlfriend" :)
The Kiwis' fondness for sheep is not exactly a secret...
Yep, this is bad. We need to stop. Goodnight!
Your "jackaroos" ARE jillaroos.
***"Maybe there are some (gay cowboys) out there but I've never heard of `em," he said. ***
About 35-40 years ago some gal wrote a book claiming many of the old west cowboys were gay and "abused" their horses. She was on the JOE PINE show (Remember him?) and was mentioned by Paul Harvy.
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