I must confess.
I think I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body!
chris quarles
--- Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> David -
>
> Well, I'm certainly happy most of the time, but I'm
> really only gay when
> I'm really happy.
>
> Does one have to be really homosexual to know if
> BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
> "reflects reality or not"?
>
> Is it important that one knows whether someone is
> homosexual or not, and
> if so why? Does it change the way one relates to
> them as a person?
>
> Is Ang Lee gay? Funny. I had dinner with him in
> Sydney years ago when he
> was here promoting THE WEDDING BANQUET, which also
> featured homosexual
> characters.
>
> It never entered my head to even ask him if he was
> gay and if that was
> necessary to show the depth of understanding for the
> characters in his
> film he so clearly demonstrated.
>
> Why should anyone feel obliged to "fess up" about
> what their sexual
> preferences are? Why is it important make note that
> you have 100
> (alright 20) homosexual friends?
>
> I felt Mr Neal made a statement that was a very
> thinly veiled homophobic
> and highly judgemental one about a film that he did
> want to see because
> it was of homosexual content. He even said he'd
> rather stick pins in his
> eyes before watching such a film.
>
> I'll now go ask my wife (who like me is gay only
> sometimes depending on
> her level of happiness) whether she wants to wear
> the pants in the
> family today, or whether I should.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
> David Kusumoto wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:51:23,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Go stick a pin your eye, Andy. I doubt it will
> make you any more
> >> blind than
> >> you already appear to be. Phil
> >
> >
> > Hey there's no need for that. Andy's expressing
> how he feels. I don't
> > think he's saying others who disagree are WRONG.
> It's a preference.
> > Leave
> > him alone.
> >
> > OK, so what I wanna know is -- how many people on
> this list are gay?
> > Come
> > on, fess up. I think some of us think about this
> from time to time.
> > Irrelevant? Sure is. So what?
>
>
> >
> > So long as the same people keep baring their souls
> here, it'd be nice
> > for a
> > gay guy to step up to the plate to tell us whether
> a film like Brokeback
> > Mountain, for ex., reflects reality or not. I'd
> like to know.
> >
> > You know something else? Here's the twisted
> sexist thing about some
> > of us
> > men. We talk about discomfort, as if our insecure
> manhoods are on the
> > line,
> > about watching two men kiss -- but hey, how come
> some of us aren't
> > fleeing
> > for the exits watching two women kiss? What's up
> with that? Why do
> > we dig
> > this? What a double standard.
> >
> > Just thought I'd liven things up a little by
> introducing irrelevant stuff
> > (which will be met with p.c. silence). Yet this
> is something I confess I
> > think about when reading these posts. I know
> those who are gay, but
> > others
> > I have no clue. My wife and I have a hundred (OK,
> maybe 20) openly gay
> > friends (yup, even here in right-wing San Diego)
> and this subject
> > comes up
> > for the very reason it IS irrelevant -- which in
> turn makes for hilarious
> > and clowny conversation, no kidding, tears coming
> from your eyes, that
> > kind
> > of s***. I trust some of these "people" with my
> life.
> >
> > Anyway, catch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for a
> straight take about how silly
> > these hang-ups can be. Hence the reason I
> appreciated Larry David's
> > article
> > in the Times.
> >
> > -koose!
> >
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