[lbo-talk] Re: Brokeback Mountain: A review by David McReynolds

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Feb 4 15:22:59 PST 2006


Miles Jackson wrote:


>We need to untangle the "meaning" of a work of art from the intention
>or purpose of the artist.

Oh yeah, I think I heard something about that. Except that, in Hollywood, it *is* often the intention of the "artist," or whoever it is who signs the checks, not to be controversial. A floating signifier can be good for the bottom line. Really, that's not a complicated point.

Doug



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