Ick Factor
Many Straight Guys Say 'No Thanks' to 'Brokeback Mountain'
It's true, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" does provoke what one researcher calls "a very strong ick factor" in some straight men. What is it in this story of two cowboy pals in 1960s Wyoming who find themselves in lifelong love -- yet go on to marry women -- that elicits this response from heterosexual males? The answers are as complex as the plot.Funny story ... about how I got quoted in this Newhouse News Service story, that is. I posted a comment at this Entertainment Weekly blog post (Queer eye for the straight 'Brokeback'-watching guy) and was later contacted by National Correspondent Dru Sefton, who I had a nice conversation with. As with all interviews, 15 minutes gets distilled down to a sentence or two.
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Hey, Brokeback Mountain had cowboys. I thiink that beats the English Patients lame plane crash by a mile.
By the way, was it just me, or were there two Sienfeld references really close to your last quote?
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