<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Carrol Cox wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid43E3DBE4.AF913519@ilstu.edu"> <pre wrap=""> The film - directed brilliantly by Ang Lee - is a love story. </pre> <pre wrap=""> The review in the current NLRB devotes about a third of its space to a brisk attack on all reviewers who take this tack. The thesis of the review is that it is about The Closet, and that it is false to see it like R&J, black/white, etc. It is not a social tragedy but a psychological tragedy of self-hate.</pre> </blockquote> The reason why it's not just about the closet is that if the two lovers were rich, there would be no problem. None. Well, at various  imtes in history and with bad luck, they might get in trouble, but it wouldn't be for being gay, that would just be the justification (Richard II, Oscar Wilde). Otherwise, gay is fine if you can afford it. Joanna <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid43E3DBE4.AF913519@ilstu.edu"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>