[lbo-talk] Brian On "Brokeback Mountain" & "The Reception"

[Jim Devine]

Yoshie: > And It's one thing for Ennis and Jack -- born provincial --
to be in the closet in 1964; it's another thing for them to be
stubbornly stuck in it in 1984!  Ennis' refusal to leave Riverton,
Wyoming and have a new life
with Jack in New York, San Francisco, or whatever .... <

me: I think the point is that the "redneck" West wasn't just Ennis' social
environment. It was also inside his mind. I don't think he reconciled
himself with being gay (or bisexual?). Not even to the extent that
Jack did.

in addition, I think that for Ennis, and to a smaller extent for Jack,
his "gayness" was specific to one other man rather than being
generalized (though maybe he should have generalized) and also
specific to one place (the mountain).
JD