Flashpoint: 'Brokeback Mountain'

Entire regiments of Culture Warriors have been waiting on nonstop alert for the battle to really be joined over "Brokeback Mountain," but so far, neither side has had to attack. Conservatives have carried on their business of running the country and liberals have carried on talking about how good the movie is supposed to be, what with its buzz and whatnot. The battle they've been waiting for, however, could begin now that a Utah movie theater has yanked it from its screens, as detailed in BlogPulse's No. 18 top link today. Come blood! Come iron! Sound the horns! To war! "Sometimes I'm just so proud to live in Utah. So proud I could stick a fork in my eye," writes this ashamed blogger. A more moderate, but still anti-movie-cancelleation viewpoint here: "Yeah, I think the entire concept of gay cowboys in a movie called 'Brokeback Mountain' is pretty over-the-top laughable." And the hostile rejoinders continue. This battle will continue until the Oscars are destributed -- maybe even one to "Brokeback " -- and long after. The war rages on.

Posted by Philip Ewing at January 10, 2006 11:17 AM

Category: Moving Pictures