A Real Life Brokeback Mountain
Gene Shalit may not have been moved by Brokeback Mountain but there are some for whom the film is almost too real.
| Go to Home - Most Recent PostsCOWBOY Chuck Browning is the epitome of all- American macho - a rugged rodeo star with a long history in ranching.
But a few days ago, watching Brokeback Mountain - a controversial Oscar-tipped film about a gay romance between a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - he wept.
For Chuck went through the same struggle as the movie’s characters when he realised it was the cowboys, not the cowgirls, he was attracted to.
The critically-acclaimed film, which opens nationwide next weekend and has been a surprise hit in the States, brought back memories of gay-bashing.
So strong was the homophobia that it cast a shadow over Chuck’s upbringing on a Wyoming ranch.