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Talk:Brokeback Mountain (view source)
Revision as of 23:39, October 8, 2008
, 23:39, October 8, 2008→Awards received: reply
Again, confused why there's a cite tag after "festooning". Are you denying that these awards were given to the movie? Don't these awards signify a major acceptance of the film by Hollywood? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 13:19, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
Again, confused why there's a cite tag after "festooning". Are you denying that these awards were given to the movie? Don't these awards signify a major acceptance of the film by Hollywood? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 13:19, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
:To "Festoon" literally means to hang a decoration between two points. I'm taking it figuratively to mean that the awards were just decorations used to make the movie look better. If I interpreted the wording correctly, we need some sources for that, since awards are given largely for merit. (Yes, I know there are politics involved, but you won't see a truly bad movie win out for political reasons. Well, except maybe ''Crash''...) [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 13:31, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
:To "Festoon" literally means to hang a decoration between two points. I'm taking it figuratively to mean that the awards were just decorations used to make the movie look better. If I interpreted the wording correctly, we need some sources for that, since awards are given largely for merit. (Yes, I know there are politics involved, but you won't see a truly bad movie win out for political reasons. Well, except maybe ''Crash''...) [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 13:31, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
::Certainly a truly bad movie would not win for political reasons -- that would be such transparent manipulation as to be a farce. But a good movie on a subject they actively want to promote can be adorned with awards to make the general public more inclined to see it. As Bill O'Reilly remarked in his interview:
<blockquote>
But I also think the entertainment industry should be up front in
explaining what films it values and why it finds them especially
worthy. Most Americans are not gonna see "Brokeback Mountain" because
they don't relate to the subject, and if Hollywood is now in the
"culture-shaping business," it should admit it.
So look for Oscar night to be a huge night for shepherds who roam the
range in their own consensual way. Hollywood is making a statement and
Americans should be geting the message loud and clear.
</blockquote>
::We also have the Times saying: <ref>http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article789527.ece</ref>
<blockquote>
Christian groups led a furious campaign against Hollywood yesterday, accusing the Golden Globe Awards of promoting films with gay or “leftist” themes to serve a political agenda. The criticism was made after Brokeback Mountain, a film about the forbidden love between gay Wyoming cowboys, won four awards...
Oscar pundits are now questioning whether the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will also reward Brokeback Mountain, potentially souring Hollywood’s relationship with the American ticketbuying public even further...
Right-wing radio talk show hosts also took pot shots at the Globes yesterday. Stephen Bennett, of Straight Talk Radio, said: “When Hollywood is pumping out anti-family movies with sexually explicit, twisted and perverse themes that glorify homosexuality, transsexuality and every other kind of sexual immorality — then awarding itself for doing so — Middle America better take note. “Last night Hollywood exposed its own corrupt agenda. [It] is no doubt out on a mission to homosexualise America.”
</blockquote>
Both these quotes also go towards supporting the statement that Hollywood supported the gay agenda in this film (other articles:<ref>http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/060113d.asp CBN</ref>, <ref>http://www.jamesbowman.net/articleDetail.asp?pubID=1703 James Bowman</ref> and a slew of others. Search for "brokeback" and "agenda" together). -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 19:39, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
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