Re: Brokeback Apology

I don't know about insightful, but a sampling of the comments I've heard from those who have seen both or either (Capote or Brokeback Mountain) would mostly include "it sucked" and "there's two hours of my life I can't get back."

You hang with an odd crowd, Steve. I've seen two Oscar films, Capote and Junebug. Only two — pretty slack, I know. I've talked to a wide variety of intelligent, average Americans — and a few industry folks — about Brokeback Mountain; I haven't seen it myself. Judging from the little knowledge I have about the films up for an Oscar this year, there are at least a couple of truly great films nominated, surely more. Why is Ann so sourly negative about an institution that awards and encourages filmmaking?

Yes, I'm sure she's actually seen several of the films. She's just playing up to her self-sheltered fans on the right who don't recognize that she's Hollywood, too.

Irony or no irony, Ann effectively advocates ignorance and as a result, does her part in further persuading a crowd of zombie ultra-righties to 'stay away from the cinema — it's evil! Scripts include homosexual characters, political and religious conflict, and capital punishment. View at your own risk!' It's quite funny, actually.