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Brokeback Mountain is all the rage in the media circles. I wonder if there are gay cowboys communities who are pissed off at the success of Brokeback Mountain because the film is stealing all the searches. No I haven’t seen the film, since you ask, but from what I gather it’s about these two gay men who, it turns out, are cowboys.

But I’m open minded. Mattafack I had a couple of cowboy-related experiences when I was in Uni. But it wasn’t for me. Couldn’t deal with the rope burns.

A couple of years ago, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Sidney Poitier won the three biggest oscars of the night. And why not?

But when a reporter that night asked Samuel L Jackson what he thought of the achievement for African American actors, he said something like “It’s great. And to truly be seen on equal terms, hopefully will be the last year that black actors are referred to as ‘black actors’ instead of just ‘actors’.”

I totally agree. Also, “what” ain’t no country and this is a tasty burger. But I digress. Hopefully this is the last year we’ll be making a fuss and films like Brokeback Mountain will just be seen for what they are. Westerns.

And I also hope there are no spin-off films. You know how one studio will copy the success of another blockbuster with a film which is similar.

You got A Bug’s Life, you got Ants.

You got Lord of the Rings, you got Narnia.

You got Gladiator, you got Troy.

You got Armegeddon, you got Deep Impact.

You got The Truman Show, you got Ed TV.

You got Wyatt Earp, you got Tombstone.

You got St. Elmos Fire*, you got The Breakfast Club.

So what’s coming with Brokeback Mountain? A film about dyslexic sub-editors? Claustrophobic miners? Nudist mountain rescue teams?

Oooh, I like that. Working title “Because It’s There”.

I need to work on this.

*There actually was a St. Elmo. He was the patron saint of the letters P, M and of the number 5.

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