[lbo-talk] Harlequin Queer Labor Romance

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Sun Feb 12 12:43:43 PST 2006


At 02:27 PM 2/12/2006, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

After all, men's brains can't handle reading when
>there's a lighted screen -- or glossy pictures of big breasts and
>shaved vaginas -- in the vicinity.

Susie Bright has one on her blog today with Homer Simpson painted on her. You can fuck Homere's brains out! :)


>Bitch | Lab said that Brokeback Mountain was more for straight women
>than for gay men.

I think the marketing was aimed at women -- I haven't see the film. And that is, indeed, the case as I learned later. However, Ang Lee's partner (forgot his name) did say that it was a "chick flick" insofar as its inspiration was "The Bridges of Madison County". I called it "A Fairy to Remember" and "The Gay We Were" because I couldn't think of a riff on "Bridges."

That it was marketed to women makes perfect sense. You aren't going to be anything near a blockbuster if you can't get the market. The point is to tell a story that sells. Surprise surprise surprise that it had the ambiguous ending, yanno?

Bitch | Lab http://blog.pulpculture.org



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