Tuesday, January 17, 2006

The Dark Side of Brokeback Mountain

Also known as, Where the Sun Don’t Shine.

I’ve heard lots of people say they were uncomfortable with the sex scene in Brokeback Mountain, including those gay men who have lifetime subscriptions to pierceduncutmen.com. Watching gay sex, even if implied, was a little disconcerting in a movie theatre where someone who could have been your mother was in the seat in front of you.

It looked extremely painful for Jack Nasty, so perhaps the discomfort is expected.

If Ennis Delmar spit in his hand before penetration, this couldn’t have been the desperate fumblings of a frustrated cowboy. That looked like the loogie of experience. How did he know to do that?

But then I’m reminded of masturbation. If he’s not using sheep fat, what else would a ranchhand use to facilitate self-pleasure out on the range? So maybe a hawker was natural for Ennis.


Poor Jack Twist.

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